CARTE DES GOUVERNMENTS DE LANGUEDOC DE FOIX ET DE ROUISSILON ..
£165
Large Folio
Attractive map of part of France, covering the western part of the Gulf of Lyon with its hinterland. Decorated with a rococo title cartouche.
Very detailed with many villages towns rivers etc marked.
Venetian edition of the map by Bonne, to whom Santini gives credit in the cartouche.
From "Atlas Universel" published by Santini in 1776-84. The atlas is effectively an Italian copy of the Robert de Vaugondy 'Atlas Universel'.
In 1784 Santini sold the plates to M. Remondini, whose name appears on this particular example.
Very good hand colour.
Printed on good heavy paper
Mint condition
code : M5365
Cartographer : SANTINI Francois
Date : 1778 Venice
Size : 59*46 cms sheet size 76*53 cms
availability : Available
Price : £165
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.
