Chorography of Italy with 691 Engravings. ZUCCAGNI. Chorography of Italy with 691 Engravings. ZUCCAGNI-ORLANDINI, Attilio. Corografia fisica, storica e statistica dell'Italia e delle sue isole, corredata di un atlante, di mappe geografiche e topografiche, e di altre tavole illustrative. Firenze, Società Editrice, 1835-1845 5 Vols with the l?Atlas in elephant Folio, mm. 610x435, in preious signed binding, red morocco with frames, gilded frames and Titles on cover and spine, marbled green endpapers, gildd edges. 12 vols of text, bound in 19 tomes 4to mm. 230x145; Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards e cart. gilded titles and ornaments on the spine, sprayed edges. A total of more than 13.500 pages. A total of 691 engravings on copper: 144 are maps and plants of cities; 44 on double page. The maps are in contemporary coloring, all the engraved plates are in perfect conditions with wide margins. Slight sign of foxing, fine copy.
Prestigious and impressive original edition. The Corografia is the main work of the eminent Tuscan geographer and cartographer. The Atlas opens with the monumental map of Italy, made up of fifteen large sheets that can be joined together to compose a single 180x230 cm paper: there are also maps, topographic and corographic of Italian territories, cities plants, some on double-page, location and views illustrating in detail the entire peninsula and its most beautiful corners. The plates are engraved on copper by Giacinto Maina Valerio Stanghi, Antonio Verico and others. The text covers all the aspects referred to the the title: geography, Chorography, lakes, rivers, mountains, history, governments and institutions, nobility, knightly orders and the ecclesiastical hierarchy; Moreover botany, agriculture, weather, customs, folklore, monuments, art, literary history, museums, language and dialects, all accompanied by an extensive bibliography.
Chorography of Italy with 691 Engravings. ZUCCAGNI. Chorography of Italy with 691 Engravings. ZUCCAGNI-ORLANDINI, Attilio. Corografia fisica, storica e statistica dell'Italia e delle sue isole, corredata di un atlante, di mappe geografiche e topografiche, e di altre tavole illustrative. Firenze, Società Editrice, 1835-1845 5 Vols with the l?Atlas in elephant Folio, mm. 610x435, in preious signed binding, red morocco with frames, gilded frames and Titles on cover and spine, marbled green endpapers, gildd edges. 12 vols of text, bound in 19 tomes 4to mm. 230x145; Contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards e cart. gilded titles and ornaments on the spine, sprayed edges. A total of more than 13.500 pages. A total of 691 engravings on copper: 144 are maps and plants of cities; 44 on double page. The maps are in contemporary coloring, all the engraved plates are in perfect conditions with wide margins. Slight sign of foxing, fine copy.
Prestigious and impressive original edition. The Corografia is the main work of the eminent Tuscan geographer and cartographer. The Atlas opens with the monumental map of Italy, made up of fifteen large sheets that can be joined together to compose a single 180x230 cm paper: there are also maps, topographic and corographic of Italian territories, cities plants, some on double-page, location and views illustrating in detail the entire peninsula and its most beautiful corners. The plates are engraved on copper by Giacinto Maina Valerio Stanghi, Antonio Verico and others. The text covers all the aspects referred to the the title: geography, Chorography, lakes, rivers, mountains, history, governments and institutions, nobility, knightly orders and the ecclesiastical hierarchy; Moreover botany, agriculture, weather, customs, folklore, monuments, art, literary history, museums, language and dialects, all accompanied by an extensive bibliography.
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