EAST INDIES INDIA SRI LANKA CHINA BURMA 1797 ZATTA LARGE 4 SHEETS ANTIQUE MAP

Indie Orientali di quà e di la del Gange col loro Arcipelago. Venezia 1797 Presso Antonio Zatta q.n G.o.

Description: Striking, highly detailed copper engraved large-format 4 sheet copper engraved map, extending from the Phillipines and Moluccas to India and the Maldives, and north to Tibet.

The 1st sheet, titled "Indie Imo Foglio", covers northern tip of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, a bit of Tibet and Burma (Myanmar).

The 2nd sheet, titled "Indie II° Foglio", covers southern tip of India, Sri Lanka, Maldivas Islands, some Islands in the Indian Ocean, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, northern tip of Sumatra and a bit of Burma (Myanmar).

The 3rd sheet, titled "Indie III° Foglio", covers Taiwan, southeastern tip of China, Laos, northern tipo of Vietnam, northern tip of Luzon Island and a bit of Thailand.

The 4th sheet, titled "Indie IV° Foglio", covers the East Indies, western tip of Ppapua New Guinea and a bit of the northern coast of Australia (Terra del Sud").

Each map provides excellent topographic details. A large decorative title cartouche adorns the map.
 
Zatta’s Atlas was designed to accompany the Nuova Geografia, an Italian translation of the geographical treatise of A. F. Busching. The maps include Mitchell’s map of America on 12 sheets, a suite of European maps, county maps of Kent, Middlesex, Essex and Surrey, and various maps of Africa, Asia, Australasia, and of the Ancient world. Those of Australasia follow Cook’s latest discoveries.
 
Antonio Zatta was a leading European cartographer and publisher, and his Atlante Novissimo (Venice, 1775-1785) was one of the most beautifully produced of all 18th Century atlases, with much space devoted to the new discoveries of Captain Cook.  Along with his contemporary, Giovanni Battista Pasquali, Zatta was responsible for the revival of taste in Venetian fine printing.  Famous for his sardonic tone and as something of a controversialist, he was also well known for producing lavish editions of Italian classics and raccolte (collections of poems for special occasions).

Date: 1797 ( undated )

Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 49,3 x 37,6  each sheet

Condition: Very strong and dark impression on strong paper. Paper with chains and wiremarks. Map old original colored. Wide margins. Small foxing and browning. Small tears. Map partially loose, as you can see in the images. 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.