Carta Generale del Regno delle Due Sicilie

Reference: S50244
Author Giovanni Battista MAGGI
Year: 1857
Zone: Southern Italy
Printed: Turin
Measures: 385 x 465 mm
€275.00

Reference: S50244
Author Giovanni Battista MAGGI
Year: 1857
Zone: Southern Italy
Printed: Turin
Measures: 385 x 465 mm
€275.00

Description

Rara carta del Regno di Napoli tratta dall’Atlante Universale di Geografia Antica e Moderna. Redatto sui migliori documenti Astronomici a dietro Le Scoperte dei piu' recenti viaggiatori da Andrea Cassella da Napoli, Membro della Societa' Reale di Geografia di Parigi e compilato da Cesare Maggi colla scorta del Compendio di Geografia di Adriano Balbi stampato a Torino presso l'Editore Giò. Batta Maggi Provveditore di Stampe di S. M. Contrada di Po accanto al N° 56.

Giovanni Battista Maggi (attivo a Torino tra il 1850 e il 1885) era un editore, fotografo e geografo, probabilmente figlio di Cesare.

Acquaforte, coloritura editoriale, in ottimo stato di conservazione.

Giovanni Battista MAGGI (attivo 1850 -1885)

Giovanni Battista Maggi was an important Italian photographer, publisher, and geographer active in the second half of the 19th century. He is best remembered for his valuable urban documentation work and for promoting photography at the dawn of its spread in Italy. He was active from 1850 to 1885 in Turin at Via Po 2. After 1870, he opened a branch in Rome at Via del Corso 328/29, and in 1884 he exhibited architectural photographs at the Turin General Exhibition. He was Her Majesty's print supplier; better known for his activities as a publisher and bookseller, he is nevertheless remembered among those who, from the very beginning, were interested in photography and promoted its diffusion. This interest, for example, includes the exhibition of Guido Gonin's photographs that he organized in the window of his shop, reported in the “Gazzetta Piemontese” of January 19, 1853. As a publisher, he published a vast series of images of Turin's monuments and squares in carte de visite format, while as a bookseller he represented the photographs of Brogi, Luigi Crette, and Charles Marville and imported three French photographic series with romantic scenes that were sold, framed by passepartouts, under his own brand.

Giovanni Battista MAGGI (attivo 1850 -1885)

Giovanni Battista Maggi was an important Italian photographer, publisher, and geographer active in the second half of the 19th century. He is best remembered for his valuable urban documentation work and for promoting photography at the dawn of its spread in Italy. He was active from 1850 to 1885 in Turin at Via Po 2. After 1870, he opened a branch in Rome at Via del Corso 328/29, and in 1884 he exhibited architectural photographs at the Turin General Exhibition. He was Her Majesty's print supplier; better known for his activities as a publisher and bookseller, he is nevertheless remembered among those who, from the very beginning, were interested in photography and promoted its diffusion. This interest, for example, includes the exhibition of Guido Gonin's photographs that he organized in the window of his shop, reported in the “Gazzetta Piemontese” of January 19, 1853. As a publisher, he published a vast series of images of Turin's monuments and squares in carte de visite format, while as a bookseller he represented the photographs of Brogi, Luigi Crette, and Charles Marville and imported three French photographic series with romantic scenes that were sold, framed by passepartouts, under his own brand.