Subject: Southern Poland
Period: 1781 (dated)
Publication: Atlante Novissimo
Color: Hand Color
Size:
16 x 12.3 inches
40.6 x 31.2 cm
This attractive map of the southern region of Poland includes the cities of Krakow, Lublin, and Rzeszow. 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 #41.
Condition: B+
A nice impression on a sheet with a three crescent moons watermark. There is light toning along the centerfold.