| Vincenzo Maria Coronelli | |
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Venice 1691
One of the Most Attractive Two-Sheet Maps of Africa ~ |
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Coronelli’s finely-engraved and beautifully-decorated two-sheet map contains up-to-date information on Africa. While this map bears close similarities to the Nolin- Coronelli map of 1689, both are actually derived from Coronelli’s 1688 globe gores that show Africa and from his terrestrial globe of 1683. The basic models used are the maps of Africa by Sanson (1668), Jaillot (1674), and Duval (1678). Vicenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) was a noted Italian theologian, mathematician, and cartographer. He is considered one of the more famous map and globemakers of the seventeenth century. He started as a Franciscan monk, became a Doctor of Theology in Rome in 1673, and later was appointed the Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic in 1685 where he founded a geographical society. As a talented young monk, he was sent to Rome, and after his return to Parma, he made a large manuscript globe for the local prince. It was the beginning of his career as a globemaker. Having seen the work, Cardinal D’Estee commissioned Coronelli to build large terrestrial and celestial globes for the king of France, Louis XIV. Coronelli moved to Paris where he directed the work on the giant pair of globes which were almost four meters in diameter. He finished the work by 1683 and returned home to Venice. Upon his return to Venice, he continued his work with globes and began work on his Atlante Veneto, with 65 maps including this one of Africa. Coronelli’s Atlante Veneto, Volume I, has the date of 1690 on its title page, but it was not published until 1691, the date on its dedication and colophon (In Venetia, Appresso Girolamo Albrizzi. M.DC.XCI). Likely, the printing of the atlas began in 1690 by Domenico Padouani, but was not completed until the following year by Albrizzi. While this map could have been printed in 1690, the author has dated the map as 1691, the date for the publication of the atlas. The publisher for the map, Domenico Padouani, has his imprint and publication location at the bottom right corner of the east (right) map sheet: ‘Si uende presso Domenico Padoani sul ponte di Rialto all’ insegna della Geografia’. Betz, Map #153. Norwich, Map #56.
Fine
condition. Strong impression with some waterstaining on
margins. |
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