Vicenza, Padua and Venice, by Paolo Santini. 1776
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.
Carte du Padouan, du Dogado, et de la plus grande partie du Vincentin. Dressée sur celle du Sr. Paul Barthelemi Clarici.
Item Number: 27717
Category:
Antique maps > Europe > Italy
Old, antique map of the area surrounding the cities of Vicenza, Padua and Venice, by Paolo Santini.
Mappa antica del territorio circostante le città di Vicenza, Padova e Venezia, di Paolo Santini.
Date of the first edition: 1776
Date of this map: 1776
Date on map: 1776
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 47.5 x 59.5cm (18.5 x 17.7 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.