ETAT DE L'EGLISE GRAND DUCHE DE TOSCANE ET ISLE DE CORSE
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Good colour version of Vaugondy's map of Tuscany, Corsica and as Rome.
Very detailed for the period with many place names of even small towns ; rivers and mountains.
Decorative cartouche.
Excellent full wash hand colour
Very good condition
Publication
De Vaugondy's Atlas Universel Paris 1757.
Oneof the great eighteenth century Atlases with new and correct information
code : M4879
Cartographer : VAUGONDY ROBERT DE Family
Date : 1757 Paris
Size : 48*54 cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
The Robert de Vaugondy family responsible for map and globe publishing in Paris comprised Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) and Didier Robert de Vaugondy (1723-1786). The father (Gilles) and son (Didier) business flourished from 1731 to 1778.
Prominent at this time among French map-makers were the Robert de Vaugondy family, who made a substantial contribution to the eighteenth century world of cartography, through the breadth and success of their prolific output, which included atlases, maps, globes and book illustration.
While only a small part of their output, the "Atlas Universel" encapsulates the diligent and scientific approach adopted by the Roberts de Vaugondy, and proved to be the most successful French world atlas of the period. It appeared from c.1757 onwards.
