A New Map of Sicily the First or the Kingdom of Naples…
| Reference: | S40182 |
| Author | LAURIE & WHITTLE |
| Year: | 1794 ca. |
| Zone: | Southern Italy |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 510 x 680 mm |
€300.00
| Reference: | S40182 |
| Author | LAURIE & WHITTLE |
| Year: | 1794 ca. |
| Zone: | Southern Italy |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 510 x 680 mm |
€300.00
Description
Engraved map of the south of Italy (then the Kingdom of Naples) starting at Abruzzoultra in the north.
The map differentiates the political subdivisions of the Kingdom of Naples with fine outline hand-color.
The Kingdom of Naples was a major political entity in the southern Italian peninsula from 1282 until 1808. In 1816 it was joined with Sicily to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and in 1861 it was annexed to form the Kingdom of Italy.
This map comes from Thomas Kitchin's A General Atlas. This atlas was conceived of by Thomas Jefferys in the 1760s. Following Jefferys' bankruptcy in 1766, the atlas was first completed by Robert Sayer in 1773. This was Robert Sayer's first terrestrial atlas. From 1794, the atlas was published by his successors Laurie & Whittle. Later editions tend to be more desirable. Thomas Kitchin's name appears on title pages even after his death in 1784. The maps are after a variety of makers such as d'Anville, Roberts, Dunn, Rocque, Delarochette, Rennell, Zannoni, Dury, Cook, Vancouver, Perouse and others.
This map is from the 1797 edition of the atlas. This atlas was later expanded and replaced by Laurie & Whittle's A New Universal Atlas.
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A partnership formed of Robert Laurie (1755-1836) and James Whittle (1757-1818).
Laurie was apprenticed to Robert Sayer in 1770 and made free in 1777. He was a skilled artist, who exhibited at the Society of Artists from 1770, winning a silver palette for a drawing in 1770, and he was also an accomplished engraver of mezzotint portraits and produced views and other decorative items. In about 1792 he returned to the Sayer business and took it over from the ailing Sayer in 1794.
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A partnership formed of Robert Laurie (1755-1836) and James Whittle (1757-1818).
Laurie was apprenticed to Robert Sayer in 1770 and made free in 1777. He was a skilled artist, who exhibited at the Society of Artists from 1770, winning a silver palette for a drawing in 1770, and he was also an accomplished engraver of mezzotint portraits and produced views and other decorative items. In about 1792 he returned to the Sayer business and took it over from the ailing Sayer in 1794.
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