Friuli, by 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.
Le Frioul Dressé sur la carte recemment rectifiée par les ordres de Messieurs les sept deputés de la ville d'Udine Capital de la ditte Province par les Sieurs Majeroni et Capellaris.
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Italy
Old, antique map of Friuli, by Paolo Santini.
Title: Le Frioul Dressé sur la carte recemment rectifiée par les ordres de Messieurs les sept deputés de la ville d'Udine Capital de la ditte Province par les Sieurs Majeroni et Capellaris.
Date of the first edition: 1778.
Date of this map: 1776-79.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 500 x 665mm (19.69 x 26.18 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.