Estats de l'Eglise et de Toscane
| Reference: | CO-078 |
| Author | Pierre MORTIER |
| Year: | 1704 ca. |
| Zone: | Central Italy |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 905 x 602 mm |
€1,000.00
| Reference: | CO-078 |
| Author | Pierre MORTIER |
| Year: | 1704 ca. |
| Zone: | Central Italy |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 905 x 602 mm |
€1,000.00
Description
Grande carta dello Stato della Chiesa con la Toscana, in due fogli ancora da unire, pubblicata da Pierre Mortier nel Nouveau Théâtre d'Italie... stampato ad Amsterdam nel 1704-1705, e successivamente nel 1724 dall'editore R. C. Alberts.
Successivamnete la carta venne ristampata da Johannes Covens e Cornelis Mortier nell'Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties su Monde, ou sont exactement remarquees les empires, monarchies, royaumes, etats, republiques, &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Geographe de sa Majeste. Ad Amsterdam, Chez Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier, sur le Vygendamm, circa 1740.
“Graduata ai margini di 5' in 5', va da 41° 20' a 44° 50' lat. e da 35° 30' a 39° 02' long. È orientata sui quattro lati, all'interno della cornice. Le scale, disegnate in alto fuori dal quadro, sono di cinque tipi (in miglia comuni d'Italia, Firenze, Roma, Francia e Germania). Deriva dalla carta di Nicolas Sanson, pubblicata nel 1647. [..] Pare emergere, quale prima preoccupazione, quella di riportare il più alto numero di toponimi di centri abitati, per i quali vengono sacrificati quelli dei corsi d'acqua minori pur mantenendone il disegno del reticolo. Di facile lettura sono i confini politici, disegnati con una linea tratteggiata e più marcata. Il pregio maggiore della tavola sta tuttavia nel raffigurare la rete viaria con le località più importanti lungo i percorsi (per il territorio che ci riguarda si notino la Via Flaminia, che da Narni porta a Terni- Strettura-Spoleto-Foligno, e la strada Foligno-Perugia). La scritta Ombrie è fatta sinonimo di Duché de Spolète, escludendone come sempre il territorio di Perugia” (cfr. "Le antiche terre del Ducato di Spoleto", p. 132).
Acquaforte con bella coloritura antica, ottimo stato di conservazione.
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Pieter and David Mortier were brothers of French extraction whose publishing interests covered a wide field embracing French and English works as well as Dutch.
Pieter was probably trained in the bookselling business in Paris and David spent many years in England; in fact, he acquired British nationality and died there in about 1728.
After Pieter's death, his widow continued the business until their son, Cornelis, was able to take over; then, in 1721, Cornelis entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, Johannes Covens, to form the famous name Covens and Mortier, a firm which existed, with slight change of name, until the middle of the nineteenth century.
Under the heading Pieter Mortier we give some details of the extensive publishing business which he built up in Amsterdam and which, after his death, was subsequently taken over by his son, the above-named Cornelis.
In 1721 Cornelis married the sister of Johannes Covens and in the same year he and Johannes entered into partnership as publishers under the name Covens and Mortier which, with its successors, became one of the most important firms in the Dutch map publishing business.
Their prolific output over the years included reissues of general atlases by Sanson, Jaillot, Delisle, Visscher, de Wit (whose stock they acquired) and others (often with re-engraved maps), atlases of particular countries including Germany, England and Scotland and others in Europe, pocket atlases, town plans and, from about 1730 onwards, a series under the title Nieuwe Atlas, some consisting of as many as 900 maps by various cartographers and publishers. As there is no conformity about these volumes they were presumably made up to special order and only general details of publication can be quoted in a work of this size.
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Pieter and David Mortier were brothers of French extraction whose publishing interests covered a wide field embracing French and English works as well as Dutch.
Pieter was probably trained in the bookselling business in Paris and David spent many years in England; in fact, he acquired British nationality and died there in about 1728.
After Pieter's death, his widow continued the business until their son, Cornelis, was able to take over; then, in 1721, Cornelis entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, Johannes Covens, to form the famous name Covens and Mortier, a firm which existed, with slight change of name, until the middle of the nineteenth century.
Under the heading Pieter Mortier we give some details of the extensive publishing business which he built up in Amsterdam and which, after his death, was subsequently taken over by his son, the above-named Cornelis.
In 1721 Cornelis married the sister of Johannes Covens and in the same year he and Johannes entered into partnership as publishers under the name Covens and Mortier which, with its successors, became one of the most important firms in the Dutch map publishing business.
Their prolific output over the years included reissues of general atlases by Sanson, Jaillot, Delisle, Visscher, de Wit (whose stock they acquired) and others (often with re-engraved maps), atlases of particular countries including Germany, England and Scotland and others in Europe, pocket atlases, town plans and, from about 1730 onwards, a series under the title Nieuwe Atlas, some consisting of as many as 900 maps by various cartographers and publishers. As there is no conformity about these volumes they were presumably made up to special order and only general details of publication can be quoted in a work of this size.
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