Subject: Eastern France
Period: 1782 (dated)
Publication: Atlante Novissimo
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12 x 16 inches
30.5 x 40.6 cm
A handsome map of the Haute-Savoie and Savoie departments in eastern France, on the border with Italy and Switzerland. Lake Geneva and the city of Geneva appear at top. The map is filled with detail of mountains, lakes, rivers and cities, including Annecy and Chambery. The title is in an ornamental cartouche decorated with leaves, scrolls and ecclesiastical motifs. The map was based on one drawn by Giovanni Tomasso Borgonio (1620-c.1683), a military engineer and cartographer from Piedmont. Engraved by Giovanni Pitteri and Giuliano Zuliani.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.ZAT-1a, Vol 3 #34.
Condition: B
Original color on watermarked paper with full, original margins. There is light toning along centerfold and a few small spots.