Duchy of Savoy, by Francesco & Paolo Santini. 1776-79
Francesco and Paolo Santini (c.1729-1793)
Francesco Santini, a Venetian publisher, acquired the printing plates of Vaugondy’s Atlas Universel …, a commercial and cartographic success, with widespread influence on mapmakers throughout Europe. Together with his brother Paolo, he commissioned a new set of plates and reissued the atlas in 1776. The following year, Paolo Santini assigned all his publication rights to M. Remondini, who in 1777 reissued the same atlas but with his name.
Duché de Savoye qui comprend Le Chablais, Le Fossigny, Le Génevois, La Savoye propre, La Tarentaise et La Maurienne; dressé d'après la Grande Carte de Piemont de Tomaso Borgomo et autres, ...
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Italy
Old, antique map of Duchy of Savoy, by Francesco & Paolo Santini.
Title: Duché de Savoye qui comprend Le Chablais, Le Fossigny, Le Génevois, La Savoye propre, La Tarentaise et La Maurienne; dressé d'après la Grande Carte de Piemont de Tomaso Borgomo et autres, ...
Cartographer: Sr Robert de Vaugondy.
Date of the first edition: 1778.
Date of this map: 1776-79.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 480 x 510mm (18.9 x 20.08 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured in outline, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Atlas Universel dressé sur les meilleures cartes modernes. Venice, Remondini, 1776-79.
Francesco and Paolo Santini (c.1729-1793)
Francesco Santini, a Venetian publisher, acquired the printing plates of Vaugondy’s Atlas Universel …, a commercial and cartographic success, with widespread influence on mapmakers throughout Europe. Together with his brother Paolo, he commissioned a new set of plates and reissued the atlas in 1776. The following year, Paolo Santini assigned all his publication rights to M. Remondini, who in 1777 reissued the same atlas but with his name.
