Insula sive Regnum Siciliae..
| Reference: | MS7493 |
| Author | Frederick de WIT |
| Year: | 1680 ca. |
| Zone: | Sicily |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 585 x 500 mm |
€2,400.00
| Reference: | MS7493 |
| Author | Frederick de WIT |
| Year: | 1680 ca. |
| Zone: | Sicily |
| Printed: | Amsterdam |
| Measures: | 585 x 500 mm |
€2,400.00
Description
Map published for the first time in the Atlas Major, 1680 circa. It is decorated with cartouches depicting views and plans of Messina, Palermo, Catania and Trapani, and a plan of Messina erroneously called Milazzo. Due to the great outcome, the map was reissued in the first years of 1700 by Covens and Mortier and by the Ottens.
The quality of the colour and the paper make us presume it was published by Ottens, around 1730.
Copper engraving, in excellent codnition.
Literature
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L. Dufour - A. La Gumina, "Imago Siciliae", p. 142; Sicilia 1477-1861 - La collezione Spagnolo- Patermo, n. 131
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Frederick de WIT (1630 - 1706)
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De Wit was one of the most prominent and successful map engravers and publishers in Amsterdam in the period following the decline of the Blaeu and Jansson establishments, from which he acquired many copper plates when they were dispersed at auction. His output covered most aspects of map making: sea charts, world atlases, an atlas of the Netherlands, 'town books' covering plans of towns and cities in the Netherlands and Europe, and wall maps. His work, notable for the beauty of the engraving and colouring, was very popular and editions were issued many years after his death by Pieter Mortier and Covens and Mortier.
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Literature
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L. Dufour - A. La Gumina, "Imago Siciliae", p. 142; Sicilia 1477-1861 - La collezione Spagnolo- Patermo, n. 131
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Frederick de WIT (1630 - 1706)
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De Wit was one of the most prominent and successful map engravers and publishers in Amsterdam in the period following the decline of the Blaeu and Jansson establishments, from which he acquired many copper plates when they were dispersed at auction. His output covered most aspects of map making: sea charts, world atlases, an atlas of the Netherlands, 'town books' covering plans of towns and cities in the Netherlands and Europe, and wall maps. His work, notable for the beauty of the engraving and colouring, was very popular and editions were issued many years after his death by Pieter Mortier and Covens and Mortier.
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