IRELAND ROYAUME D'IRLANDE

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Attractive large copper engraved map of Ireland by Santini but after Vaugondy and printed in Venice.Original outline colour.Very good condition.

code : M1547

Cartographer : SANTINI Francois

Date : 1778 Venice

Size : 49*54cms

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Francois [Francesco] Santini was a Venetian map maker who re-issued the works of Robert de Vaugondy, Homann’s Heirs and De L’Isle. At this time, cartography in Italy was at a rather low ebb, so Santini, essentially a publisher rather than a map-maker modelled his work on two of the leading practitioners of cartography in Europe, the French map-makers Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy. Their “Atlas Universel” was first published in 1758, and was much re-issued thereafter. The atlas was a commercial and cartographic success, with widespread influence on map-makers throughout Europe, most notably on Santini, who commissioned a new set of plates, published in 1776, being almost exact copies of the original French maps.