Title: La Vestfalia, detta altrimenti. Die Westpalen

Description: A fine, detailed Italian map that shows the Westphalian Circle between the estuary arms of the Rhine over the islands from Ameland to Wangeroog, the Weser Run to Kassel in north west Germany. With a beautiful figurative title cartouche at bottom right and dedication at top right, to Antonio Grimani. A wind rose and rhumb lines in between. From monumental Corso Geografico Universale by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli published in Venice, 1690. Scarce.

Vincenzo Maria Coronelli is widely recognized as one of Italy's most famous and greatest cartographers. He received an ecclesiastical education at the convent of the Minor Conventuals and also studied theology in Rome. However, his interests in geography and cartography were awoken early in his ecclesiastical career and never suppressed. He made very famous globes (including an impressive very large-scale pair for Louis XIV) and some of the most interesting and decorative atlases of all 17th century like Atlante Veneto, Isolario, Corso Geografico Universale, Libro dei Globi and also some pocket books about towns and islands. These important works are all finely engraved in his unique style with high quantity of toponymic and historical information. In 1680 Coronelli also founded the oldest surviving geographical society “The Argonauts Accademy”.

From: Corso Geografico Universale - Venice, 1690

Size: 59 x 45 cm 

Condition: Professional invisible restoration along the top added margin. Otherwise stable paper and nice dark impression.

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