L'Ingria, e la Carelia Russa, dell'A. B. Borghi. Firenze 1817. A. Costa In.
Engraved political map of the Ingria and Karelia portions of Russia, with hand-colored outlines delineating boundaries. Title translates to: [Ingria, and the Russian Karelia]. Shows political boundaries, topography, drainage, coastlines, islands and routes of travel. Relief shown pictorially. With l...
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Nella Stamperia Granducale
1817
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| Summary: | Engraved political map of the Ingria and Karelia portions of Russia, with hand-colored outlines delineating boundaries. Title translates to: [Ingria, and the Russian Karelia]. Shows political boundaries, topography, drainage, coastlines, islands and routes of travel. Relief shown pictorially. With latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as two bar scales. Imprint beneath title. Map is 30 x 22 cm, on sheet 47 x 35 cm. Descriptive text appears on prior plate (17). Borghi Bartolomeo’s Atlante generale [= General atlas], published in Florence in 1819. Borghi - Italian writer, mathematician and geographer - was born in 1750 in Monte del Lago, on the shores of Lake Trasimeno. Atlante generale was his main work. The atlas reflects the new geopolitical structure implemented by the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815). Bound in vellum-covered board, with marbled pattern. Abbreviated atlas title is gilded along spine, with authorship, publication place and year, in Roman numerals. Includes a portrait of Borghi engraved by Giuseppe Canacci. Also includes an index preceding maps. Collation: 175 plates. 137 of those plates contain engraved maps with hand-colored outlines. Some maps are composed of multiple plates (such as northern and southern parts), bringing the total number of complete maps to 123. Descriptive text precedes maps and includes tables listing geographical divisions. Maps show political boundaries, topography, drainage, coastlines, islands and routes of travel. Some maps show historical geography, including the ancient world, eras of political dominance such as that of the Ottoman Empire, the 18th century, and the 19th century, up to the time of publication. Maps of the Americas feature territories of indigenous peoples, and also delineate areas unexplored by Europeans. "a rare and important Italian atlas. The library of the Senato della Repubblica only acquired a copyof this atlas this year (2008); the atlas is described on the library’s web site as “one of the rarest specimens complete.” Valerio described ... |
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