Description
Description: Striking and highly detailed very interesting unusual 1781 Antonio Zatta's copper engraved map of Switzerland, with its administrative divisions. The map notes cities, towns, villages, rivers, lakes and reliefs. A large decorative landscape-style title cartouche and a mileage scale adorn the map.
Date: 1781 ( dated )
Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 51,3 x 38,4
Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains and wiremarks. Map old original colored. Wide margins. Small foxing. Map folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images.
Cartographer: Antonio Zatta (1775-1797) was the most prominent Italian map publisher of the late 18th and early 19th century. His firm, based in Venice, produced maps that mark an important transition from 18th to 19th century cartographic styles. He updates and redefines the traditional title cartouche by replacing the mythic elements common to the 17th and 18th century with more representative images. He maps also strive to keep many 18th century details, such as figural depictions on the map itself, while striving for the accuracy that a 19th century clientele demanded. His most important work is the four volume Atlante novissim published from 1775 to 1789.
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