Savoy France Swiss Italy 1692 Giacomo Rossi Very Large Antique Map Double Page

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Seller: efi6 ✉️ (1,512) 99.2%, Location: Paris, FR, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 285322103889 SAVOY FRANCE SWISS ITALY 1692 GIACOMO ROSSI VERY LARGE ANTIQUE MAP DOUBLE PAGE. L'anno 1692 il di 15 Luglio". Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi was an italian engraver and painter, at the end of 17th century. His father Giuseppe de Rossi (1570-1639) was the most important and active printer of the 17th century.

Very large (double page) nice and unusual map of SAVOY, by Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (1627-1691) and Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola (1643-1695), with a nice cartouche titled :

"LA SAVOIA divisa nelle sue Principali Provincie da Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola Geografo del Sereniss. Sig. Duca di Modena, e data in Luce, da Domenico de Rossi erede di Gio Giacomo de Rossi dalle sue Stampe in Roma alla Pace con Privil S.P. e licenza de Sup. l'anno 1692 il di 15 Luglio". 

The map extends from upper the lake of Geneva to Suze, with Annecy, Chambery and the valley of Aoste.

The map is engraved by Antonio Barbey.

Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi was an italian engraver and painter, at the end of 17th century. His father Giuseppe de Rossi (1570-1639) was the most important and active printer of the 17th century. After his death, Giacomo and his brother Giandominco (1619-1653) taked the firm of the father and made the firm the best known printing house of Italy in 17th century. 

Edition: From "Mercurio Geografico overo Guida Geografica in Tutte Le Parti del Mondo".

For this atlas, Giacomo de Rossi worked with Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola.

The firm published also maps from Nicolas Sanson.

Later, the firm was solded to Lorenzo Filippo, knowned as "Calcografia Nazionale", then, the "Regia Calcografica". It still exits today as "Calcografia Nazionale". It is as a museum which owns one of the most important and nice maps of the world.

Size with margins : 60 x 87 cm / 23,6 x 34,5 inches

Condition :  good condition, on very strong paper, a small renfort on the left margin, well engraved, in colors.

Edition : Rome, dated 1692, 17th century.

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  • Condition: good condition
  • Date Range: 1600-1699
  • Printing Technique: Copper Plate
  • Format: Atlas Map
  • Year: 1692
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Features: Antique
  • Topic: Maps
  • Country/Region: France, Italy, Switzerland

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