Suite de l'Italie Ancienne Comprenant l'Ombrie, le Picenum, la Sabinie, le Latium, la Campanie et le Samnium

Reference: CO-005
Author Louis Charles DESNOS
Year: 1764
Zone: Central Italy
Measures: 455 x 295 mm
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Reference: CO-005
Author Louis Charles DESNOS
Year: 1764
Zone: Central Italy
Measures: 455 x 295 mm
Not Available

Description

Carta tratta dall'opera Atlas Historique de la géographie ancienne depuis la création du monde jusqu'à Jesus Christ. Parigi, 1764.

“Graduata ai margini di 10' in 10', va da 40° 05' a 44° 34' ca. lat. e da 27° 18' ca. a 33° 40' long. Non è orientata e manca della scala. Dedicata ad un'ampia parte dell'Italia centro-meridionale, isole escluse, seppur con forte approssimazione pone in evidenza la configurazione dei rilievi della penisola dominata dalla catena appenninica; non manca tuttavia di rappresentare, con i classici monticelli illuminati da ovest, altri allineamenti montuosi che si staccano dalla dorsale principale o risultano unità orografiche a sé stanti (per l'area umbra si noti, ad es., il disegno dei Monti Martani). La viabilità, espressa con doppia linea continua, è disegnata con una sola strada che attraversa la catena martana e congiunge Carsulae a Nocera: non è pertanto indicata la via Flaminia negli itinerari per Mevania e per Spoleto. Un merito può attribuirsi alla carta per le note di spiegazione, comunque assai succinte, che l'affiancano da entrambi i lati al fine di fornire cenni storici sulle regioni rappresentate e ricordate con le loro principali città (tra queste, in Umbria è Spoleto, mentre non figura Terni). Ad aprire la serie è proprio l'Umbria, distinta in una parte settentrionale marittima (Vilumbria) e una meridionale (Olumbria), di cui con il ricorso alla toponomastica si vuole spiegare la maggiore ampiezza territoriale in passato: si afferma infatti che il fiume tosca- no Ombrone ne porterebbe il nome” (cfr. "Le antiche terre del Ducato di Spoleto", p. 188).

Acquaforte, coloritura editoriale, in ottimo stato di conservazione.

 

Louis Charles DESNOS (Attivo nella seconda metà del XVIII sec.)

Louis Charles Desnos was an 18th century French geographer, born in 1725, died on April 18, 1805. He was also a bookseller and publisher in Paris, where, as "ingénieur géographe pour les globes et les sphères de Sa Majesté Danoise", he had a store in rue Saint-Jacques, with the sign "Le Globe". A geographical engineer (from the city of Paris since 1769), builder and dealer of spheres and astronomical instruments, he was an important manufacturer of cartographic instruments and globes. Desnos also held the coveted position of "Royal Globemaker" for the King of Denmark, Christian VII. In return, every year he sent the King maps, books and atlases. As a bookseller and publisher he produced a considerable amount of work, often associated with geographers Rizzi Zannoni and Louis Brion de la Tour (1756-1823). His great production of maps sometimes earned him a bad reputation among his jealous detractors and especially among other cartographers. He was considered unscrupulous because he used to publish whatever was presented to him, regardless of accuracy or copyright. Desnos had, therefore, several legal issues with other Parisian cartographers and publishers of the time.

Louis Charles DESNOS (Attivo nella seconda metà del XVIII sec.)

Louis Charles Desnos was an 18th century French geographer, born in 1725, died on April 18, 1805. He was also a bookseller and publisher in Paris, where, as "ingénieur géographe pour les globes et les sphères de Sa Majesté Danoise", he had a store in rue Saint-Jacques, with the sign "Le Globe". A geographical engineer (from the city of Paris since 1769), builder and dealer of spheres and astronomical instruments, he was an important manufacturer of cartographic instruments and globes. Desnos also held the coveted position of "Royal Globemaker" for the King of Denmark, Christian VII. In return, every year he sent the King maps, books and atlases. As a bookseller and publisher he produced a considerable amount of work, often associated with geographers Rizzi Zannoni and Louis Brion de la Tour (1756-1823). His great production of maps sometimes earned him a bad reputation among his jealous detractors and especially among other cartographers. He was considered unscrupulous because he used to publish whatever was presented to him, regardless of accuracy or copyright. Desnos had, therefore, several legal issues with other Parisian cartographers and publishers of the time.