Li Contorni Di Parigi

  • unbound
  • Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1782
By ZATTA, Antonio
Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1782. unbound. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 12 1/2" x 16 3/4"

Beautiful map of the environs of Paris, with pictorial detail of surrounding town plans and topography. Lovely depiction of the urban forests of Paris. Versailles and Fontainbleau included. In very good condition, with some staining to lower left quadrant. Otherwise clean and bright with elegant hand coloring.

Antonio Zatta (1775-1797) was the most prominent Italian map publisher of the late 18th century. His Venice-based publishing company 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 in earlier maps with more representative images.


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