Estats de l'Eglise et de Toscane
| Reference: | CO-052 |
| Author | Alexis Hubert JAILLOT |
| Year: | 1784 |
| Zone: | Central Italy |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 660 x 530 mm |
| Reference: | CO-052 |
| Author | Alexis Hubert JAILLOT |
| Year: | 1784 |
| Zone: | Central Italy |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 660 x 530 mm |
Description
Carta geografica dello Stato della Chiesa con la Toscana, pubblicata per la prima volta a Parigi nel 1721.
Esemplare della ristampa del 1784, con la modifica nel titolo, e l’imprint di Jean Claude Dezauche nel cartiglio.
“La graduazione ai margini, di 2' in 2', va da 41° 19' a 44° 50' lat. e da 32° 08' a 38° long. Scale in miglia comuni italiane, francesi e tedesche. Da rimarcare è la pregevole cornice del titolo, costituita da eleganti motivi fitomorfi in cui sono inseriti simboli religiosi come il pastorale, il crocifisso e una bibbia aperta.
Il francese Jaillot realizzò questa carta dello Stato della Chiesa e della Toscana ispirandosi principalmente alla tavola che Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville aveva delineato nel 1647 servendosi di dati geografici desunti dalle tavole maginiane del 1620 e aggiungendone di nuovi, frutto di personali ricerche. Rispetto al Sanson questo esemplare si discosta di poco, ma è comunque aggiornato riguardo ai confini politici e territoriali dei due stati rappresentati. Di ragguardevoli dimensioni, la carta risulta di agevole lettura nonostante la ricchezza di contenuti. La rappresentazione degli elementi oro-idrografici è accurata; del pari, è delineata con dettaglio la trama viaria. I centri maggiori (fra cui Spoleto) sono resi con le consuete stilizzate piante topografiche. La nomenclatura è in francese. Si noti come il termine Umbria non venga più riferito soltanto ai territori di Spoleto e Foligno (ancora individuati come Ducato di Spoleto), ma a un ambito decisamente più vasto. La carta fu riedita nel 1784 senza alcuna modifica, se non nel titolo, dove oltre alla data è stato inserito il nome Dezauche [Jean Claude] successore dei geografi G. Delisle e P. Buache” cfr. F. Ronca, A. Sorbini "Le antiche terre del Ducato di Spoleto", p. 154).
Acquaforte, coloritura coeva die contorni, in buono stato di conservazione.
Literature
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F. Ronca e A. Sorbini (a cura di) "Le antiche terre del Ducato di Spoleto", p. 154 n. 63.
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Alexis Hubert JAILLOT (1632 - 1712)
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Alexis Hubert Jaillot (c. 1632- 1712) followed Nicholas Sanson (1600 - 1667) and his descendants in ushering in the great age of French Cartography in the late 17th and 18th century. The publishing center of the cartographic world gradually transitioned from Amsterdam to Paris following the disastrous inferno that destroyed the preeminent Blaeu firm in 1672. Hubert Jaillot was born in Franche-Comte and trained as a sculptor. When he married the daughter of the enlumineur de ala Reine, Nicholas Berey, he found himself positioned to inherit a lucrative map and print publishing firm. When Nicholas Sanson, the premier French cartographer of the day, died Jaillot negotiated with his heirs to republish much of Sanson's work. Though not a cartographer himself, Jaillot's access to the Sanson plates enabled him to publish numerous maps and atlases with only slight modifications and updates to the originals. As a sculptor and an artist, Jaillot's maps were particularly admired for their elaborate and meaningful allegorical title cartouches and other decorative elements. Jaillot used his allegorical cartouche work to extol the virtues of the Sun King Louis IV, and his military and political triumphs. These earned him the patronage of the French crown who used his maps in the tutoring of the young Dauphin. In 1686 he was awarded the title of Geographe du Roi< and with it significant prestige and the coveted yearly stipend of 600 Livres. Jaillot was one of the last French map makers to acquire this title. Louis XV, after taking the throne, replaced the position with the more prestigious and singular title of Premier Geographe du Roi. Jaillot died in Paris in 1712. His most important work was his 1693 Le Neptune Francois Jalliot was succeed by his son, Bernard Jean Hyacinthe Jaillot (1673-1739), grandson, Bernard Antoine Jaillot (???? – 1749) and the latter's brother-in-law, Jean Baptiste-Michel Renou de Chauvigné-Jaillot (1710-1780).
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Literature
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F. Ronca e A. Sorbini (a cura di) "Le antiche terre del Ducato di Spoleto", p. 154 n. 63.
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Alexis Hubert JAILLOT (1632 - 1712)
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Alexis Hubert Jaillot (c. 1632- 1712) followed Nicholas Sanson (1600 - 1667) and his descendants in ushering in the great age of French Cartography in the late 17th and 18th century. The publishing center of the cartographic world gradually transitioned from Amsterdam to Paris following the disastrous inferno that destroyed the preeminent Blaeu firm in 1672. Hubert Jaillot was born in Franche-Comte and trained as a sculptor. When he married the daughter of the enlumineur de ala Reine, Nicholas Berey, he found himself positioned to inherit a lucrative map and print publishing firm. When Nicholas Sanson, the premier French cartographer of the day, died Jaillot negotiated with his heirs to republish much of Sanson's work. Though not a cartographer himself, Jaillot's access to the Sanson plates enabled him to publish numerous maps and atlases with only slight modifications and updates to the originals. As a sculptor and an artist, Jaillot's maps were particularly admired for their elaborate and meaningful allegorical title cartouches and other decorative elements. Jaillot used his allegorical cartouche work to extol the virtues of the Sun King Louis IV, and his military and political triumphs. These earned him the patronage of the French crown who used his maps in the tutoring of the young Dauphin. In 1686 he was awarded the title of Geographe du Roi< and with it significant prestige and the coveted yearly stipend of 600 Livres. Jaillot was one of the last French map makers to acquire this title. Louis XV, after taking the throne, replaced the position with the more prestigious and singular title of Premier Geographe du Roi. Jaillot died in Paris in 1712. His most important work was his 1693 Le Neptune Francois Jalliot was succeed by his son, Bernard Jean Hyacinthe Jaillot (1673-1739), grandson, Bernard Antoine Jaillot (???? – 1749) and the latter's brother-in-law, Jean Baptiste-Michel Renou de Chauvigné-Jaillot (1710-1780).
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