World 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.
Sr. Janvier Jean Denis [Robert] (? - 1776)
A French cartographer who worked in Paris from about 1746.
He collaborated with other cartographers and publishers in producing a considerable number of maps, many of which were used in general atlases by William Fadan, P. Santini and others.
Mappe Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre.
Item Number: 26945 Authenticity Guarantee
Category: Antique maps > World and Polar
Old, antique world map, Double Hemisphere, by Francesco Santini.
Cartographer: Jean Denis Janvier (Sieur)
First state with the imprint of Remondini: with engraved page numbers in the top right corner: "P.I.1".
Date of the first edition: 1776
Date of this map: 1776
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 47 x 65cm (18.3 x 25.4 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Original coloured in outline, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+
From: Atlas Universel dressé sur les meilleures cartes modernes. Venice, Remondini, 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.
Sr. Janvier Jean Denis [Robert] (? - 1776)
A French cartographer who worked in Paris from about 1746.
He collaborated with other cartographers and publishers in producing a considerable number of maps, many of which were used in general atlases by William Fadan, P. Santini and others.
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