Nautical Chart by Andrea Bianco
| Reference: | S43323 |
| Author | Vincenzo FORMALEONI |
| Year: | 1782 |
| Zone: | Nautical chart |
| Printed: | Venice |
| Measures: | 372 x 265 mm |
€275.00
| Reference: | S43323 |
| Author | Vincenzo FORMALEONI |
| Year: | 1782 |
| Zone: | Nautical chart |
| Printed: | Venice |
| Measures: | 372 x 265 mm |
€275.00
Description
Rare Italian copy of a portolan chart drawn by Andrea Bianco in 1436.
The chart is found in the Bianco’s atlas of ten leaves, with nine charts or maps, dated 1436 and preserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice.
The work appeared one volume of 32 volume Italian text, entitled Compendio della Storia generale dei viaggi by M. de la Harpe, Academico parigino, adorna di carte geografiche e figure, annotazioni arricchita published in Venice in 1782. The map is a part essay on the ancient nautical art of the Venetians.
Etching with fine later hand colour, good condition.
Vincenzo FORMALEONI(Fiorenzuola d'Arda 1752 - Mantova 1797)
Vincenzo FORMALEONI(Fiorenzuola d'Arda 1752 - Mantova 1797)