Le Grand Duché de Toscane
| Reference: | CO-131 |
| Author | Pieter VANDER AA |
| Year: | 1714 ca. |
| Zone: | Toscana |
| Printed: | Leyda |
| Measures: | 185 x 145 mm |
€400.00
| Reference: | CO-131 |
| Author | Pieter VANDER AA |
| Year: | 1714 ca. |
| Zone: | Toscana |
| Printed: | Leyda |
| Measures: | 185 x 145 mm |
€400.00
Description
Very rare map from the "Nouveau Petit Atlas - Atlas soluagé de son gros pesant Fardeau" printed in Leiden, circa 1714.
The atlas is incredibly rare and only one complete copy is known in the Leiden library, while Burden owns only the first volume. it consists of nine parts: a general part called "Nouveau Petit Atlas" and 8 parts with regional maps entitled "Atlas Soulage de son gros e pesant Fardeau".
Almost all of the maps are printed using and reworking Janssonius' plates for his "Atlas Minor", a Mercatorian-inspired atlas that first Jodocus Hondius Jr. and Pieter Kaerius, then Johannes Janssonius expanded and updated. The titles and scale have been translated into French. The cartouches were modernized, with a compound round or oval shape and wind roses added. Some place names are added, as noted by the different engraved spelling.
The maps of Italy come from the eighth and last part of the atlas, called "L'Atlas Soulagé de son gros & pesant fardeu: Ou NOUVELLES CARTES GEOGRAPHIQUES qui contiennent l'ITALIE, avec le Paryies principales qui la composent comme l'Etat del L'eglise, Naples, Sicile, &c. Ouvage propre pour Vouager commodement & agréablement des Yeux".
Etching, with contemporary coloring, in very good condition. A cartographic rarity.
Pieter VANDER AA (1659 - 1733)
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Records show that van der Aa, born in Leyden in 1659, made an early start in life by being apprenticed to a bookseller at the age of nine and starting on his own in business as a book publisher by the time he was twenty-three.
During the following fifty years he published an enormous amount of material, including atlases and illustrated works in every shape and size, two of them consisting of no less than 27 and 28 volumes containing over 3,000 maps and plates.
Most of his maps were not of the first quality and were certainly not original, but they are often very decorative and are collected on that account.
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Pieter VANDER AA (1659 - 1733)
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Records show that van der Aa, born in Leyden in 1659, made an early start in life by being apprenticed to a bookseller at the age of nine and starting on his own in business as a book publisher by the time he was twenty-three.
During the following fifty years he published an enormous amount of material, including atlases and illustrated works in every shape and size, two of them consisting of no less than 27 and 28 volumes containing over 3,000 maps and plates.
Most of his maps were not of the first quality and were certainly not original, but they are often very decorative and are collected on that account.
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