Partie Meridionale du Piemont et du Monferrat, par Guillaume del'Isle del'Academie Royale des Sciences.

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Original antique hand-colored copper engraving, published 1700. Depicting Monferrat (Piedmont), this map is a fine example of 0s European cartography. Image: 950 by 625mm (37 by 24 inches). An attractive and historically significant 18th-century map for the discerning collector. Cornelis Mortier (1699–1783) and Jean Covens (1697–1774) were Amsterdam publishers who continued the cartographic legacy of Pierre Mortier. Their firm republished and updated many of the finest 17th-century French and Dutch maps, making them available to collectors throughout Europe in updated editions. The Covens & Mortier atlas incorporated plates originally engraved for Nicolas Sanson and Alexis-Hubert Jaillot, preserving the grand tradition of large-format French cartography. Their maps are notable for fine engraving, attractive hand coloring, and large format. This hand-colored copper engraving map of Monferrat (Piedmont), published 1700, exemplifies the cartographic tradition of 1700s Europe. The map is engraved with careful attention to topographic detail, depicting towns, rivers, mountain ranges, and political boundaries with the precision expected of the finest cartographic productions of the period. The hand coloring highlights the geographic features and political divisions of Monferrat (Piedmont), making this an attractive piece for both the collector and the scholar. A fine example from published Amsterdam, sought after by collectors of antique maps of Italy, antique maps of Monferrat (Piedmont), and antique hand-colored copper engravings for sale. In very good condition. Light age-toning to the sheet, as expected for a 18th-century map.

Mortier, Cornelius – Monferrat (Piedmont) · Copper Engraving, Hand Colored · published Amsterdam · 1700