Magnus Ducatus Hetruriae
| Reference: | CO-138 |
| Author | Pieter VANDER AA |
| Year: | 1720 ca. |
| Zone: | Tuscia |
| Printed: | Leyden |
| Measures: | 370 x 305 mm |
€400.00
| Reference: | CO-138 |
| Author | Pieter VANDER AA |
| Year: | 1720 ca. |
| Zone: | Tuscia |
| Printed: | Leyden |
| Measures: | 370 x 305 mm |
€400.00
Description
Map taken from Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italiae, Neapolis, Siciliae Sardiniaae, Corsicae and Melitae, a monumental work by Georgius Graevius published in the first quarter of the 18th century and illustrated by the splendid maps published by Pieter van der Aa.
Between 1704 and 1725 the 45 volumes of the "Thesaurus antiquitatum" were printed in Leiden, a complex, laborious generation, extolled by some as extraordinary, criticized, on the other hand, by others, who spoke of it as a "compilation énorme sans choix e sans ordre." A project that concerned contemporaries a great deal, in Italy, but interested little historiography afterwards, which, except in rare cases, emphasized its merely scholarly character and substantial uselessness.
However, Graevius' work is enriched by the valuable plates signed by Dutch publisher Pieter Vander AA, deduced from ancient sources.
Copperplate engraving, in excellent condition.
Bibliografia
D. Cremonini, L' Italia nelle vedute e carte geografiche dal 1493 al 1894, pp. 72-82.
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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