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Auction 188, Lot 411

"Li Palatinati di Wilna, Troki, Inflant, coi Ducati di Kurlandiae Smudz. Tratta dall' Atlante Polacco del Sigr. Rizzi Zanoni", Zatta, Antonio

Subject: Baltic, Latvia & Lithuania

Period: 1781 (dated)

Publication: Atlante Novissimo

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.3 x 15.9 inches
31.2 x 40.4 cm
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This handsome and uncommon Italian map zeroes in on a handful of administrative divisions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Courland, Inflanty, Wilno, Toki, and Samogitia. It extends from C. Domes (Cape Kolka) south to Bialystok, Poland. The title cartouche is decorated with a landscape vignette and attributes the cartography to the Polish atlas of Rizzi-Zannoni, a famous astronomer, surveyor & mathematician. Engraved by G. Zuliani, with lettering by G. Pitteri.

References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.ZAT-1a, Vol. 2 #44.

Condition: B+

A sharp impression on a sheet with a three crescent moons watermark. There is faint toning along the centerfold and a bit of soiling.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $425

Closed on 6/22/2022

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