Catalog Archive
Auction 133, Lot 562

"Natolia detta Anticamente Asia Minore…", Cantelli da Vignola, Giacomo

Subject: Turkey

Period: 1686 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
22 x 16.4 inches
55.9 x 41.7 cm
Download High Resolution Image
(or just click on image to launch the Zoom viewer)

Rivers and mountains dominate this uncommon map with the locations of cities and villages carefully noted. The title and a notation are enclosed in a large cartouche at top. Cantelli pioneered this bold engraving style that was followed and further developed by Coronelli. The map was published in conjunction with Giacomo Giovanni de Rossi.

References: Zacharakis #548.

Condition: A+

Fine impression on a sturdy sheet with faint toning in the blank margins.

Estimate: $500 - $600

Sold for: $375

Closed on 9/1/2010

Archived