Italia: cioè tutte le grandi e picciole sovranità e republiche d'Italia divise nelli nuovi loro confini...
| Reference: | CO-650 |
| Author | Ignaz Heymann |
| Year: | 1799 ca. |
| Zone: | Italy |
| Printed: | Trieste |
| Measures: | 1020 x 1070 mm |
€1,500.00
| Reference: | CO-650 |
| Author | Ignaz Heymann |
| Year: | 1799 ca. |
| Zone: | Italy |
| Printed: | Trieste |
| Measures: | 1020 x 1070 mm |
€1,500.00
Description
Italia cioè tutte le grandi e picciole Sovranità e Republiche d'Italia divise nelli nuovi loro Confini, comrese le Strade pubbliche, le Stazioni di posta e loro distanze Disegnata secondo le più recenti notizie.
An exquisite large-format map of Italy made during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Variant of the better-known Heymann map, lacking the date 1799 in the cartouche, and made by using new 4 copper plates, engraved by Felice Zuliani, whose signature appears on the plate, lower right.
For a copy of the other Heymann map:
A beautifully executed 1799 Ignaz Heymann old-color wall map of Italy sectionalized and laid down on linen. Depicting Italy in full, the map covers from Toulon, France to Montenegro and from Lausanne, Switzerland to Sicily. The map captures Italy at the beginning of the War of the Second Coalition (1799 - 1800), fought between the European monarchies and Revolutionary France. Chronicled here are nearly all the battles of the War of the First Coalition (1792 - 1797), each of which is marked by a pair of crossed swords. Fought around the cities of Lodi, Manua, Mondovì, Codogno, Rovereto, and Bassano, among others, almost all were resounding French victories over the opposing Piedmontese and Austrian armies.
These battlefields are of course only a small portion of what is illustrated here. Countless Italian cities, towns, and villages are identified. The boundaries of the Italian duchies, republics, and other nation-states are denoted by colored lines. Both Corsica and Sardinia are illustrated in detail in the Mediterranean off Italy's west coast, while to Italy's east the Dalmatian coast is exquisitely engraved, with its city-states, republics, and, of course, the Ottoman Empire.
A decorative title cartouche adorns the upper right corner and an inset map of Malta and Gozo appears in the lower right. An extremely decorative key, situated at bottom left, provides a summary of notations employed. Romulus and Remus, as well as allegorical personifications of the Po and Tevere Rivers appear in the foreground, in front of the key. An illustration of an siege encampment appears in the background, possibly referencing the French siege of Mantua.
Bibliografia
P. Arrigoni, A. Bertarelli, Le carte geografiche dell'Italia conservate nella Raccolta delle Stampe e dei disegni. Catalogo descrittivo, Milano 1930, p. 27 n. 227.
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Ignaz Heymann (1765-1815) was an Austrian postmaster, publisher, and cartographer active in Italy during late 18th and early 19th century. Heymann was born in Karansebes (modern day Romania). At age 7 he moved with his parents to Milan where, as a young man, he attended the Jesuit College of Brera. In 1874 he traveled throughout Italy, visiting Florence, Rome, Naples, and Venice, finally landing in Gorizia, where he took a job with the local tax regulatory commission. Afterwards he relocated to Trieste where he found work with the Postal Service. The Napoleonic occupation of Trieste in 1809 forced him to move again, this time to Vienna, where he again took work with the postal service. He retired from the postal service in 1811, after 25 years of service. For his distinguished civil service to the Hapsburg Empire he was awarded the Große Goldene Civil-Verdienstmedaille (Great Golden Civil Merit Medal). He published a number of large format maps, most associated with the postal service. His earliest cartographic studies appeared in 1797. Numerous maps followed, most depicting various parts of the Hapsburg Empire and Italy. Heymann died in 1815.
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Ignaz Heymann (1765-1815) was an Austrian postmaster, publisher, and cartographer active in Italy during late 18th and early 19th century. Heymann was born in Karansebes (modern day Romania). At age 7 he moved with his parents to Milan where, as a young man, he attended the Jesuit College of Brera. In 1874 he traveled throughout Italy, visiting Florence, Rome, Naples, and Venice, finally landing in Gorizia, where he took a job with the local tax regulatory commission. Afterwards he relocated to Trieste where he found work with the Postal Service. The Napoleonic occupation of Trieste in 1809 forced him to move again, this time to Vienna, where he again took work with the postal service. He retired from the postal service in 1811, after 25 years of service. For his distinguished civil service to the Hapsburg Empire he was awarded the Große Goldene Civil-Verdienstmedaille (Great Golden Civil Merit Medal). He published a number of large format maps, most associated with the postal service. His earliest cartographic studies appeared in 1797. Numerous maps followed, most depicting various parts of the Hapsburg Empire and Italy. Heymann died in 1815.
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