MAGINI GIOVANNI ANTONIO
Territorio Perugino
Date: Bologna,1620
Perugia
Cod 5920
Subject: Perugia
500,00 €
Copperplate engraving, 350x4830 mm at the line, hand-painted. Fascinating map of the territory, very decorative the cartouches inserted, one at the top right with the title and one magnifying the dedicatee, Enea Magnani, placed at the bottom right. Map taken from "Italia" the fundamental first atlas with maps of the entire peninsula, which the geographer and mathematician Magini produced at the end of the 16th century, but which, due to his death, was only published in 1620 by his son, three years after his father's death. Thanks to his personal contacts with the most important institutions and cartographers of the time, Magini had at his disposal cartographic material that was sometimes unpublished or otherwise unavailable to scholars. His work formed the foundation of all 17th century cartography, being constantly copied by all subsequent authors, and this map also represents a great improvement in the cartographic representation of the region, with remarkable accuracy.
Very good specimen with a small restoration in the upper margin and two professionally restored tears of about two centimetres in the lower margin, without damage to the engraved part.
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