Rossi, G. / Sanson, N.

LT 091210

Africa > Continent

"L'Africa nuovamente corretta et accresciuta secondo le relationi piu moderne da Guiglielmo Sansone ... e data in luce da Gio. Giacomo de Rossi in Roma … alla pace l'Anno 1677."

Map of Africa, drawn after (at that time) most recent findings.

Coloured copper engraving by Giacomo Rossi after Nicolas Sanson, Rome 1677, 40 x 55 cm.

Perfect impression and condition.

€ 700,-

Giacomo Giovanni Rossi (worked about 1649 – 1700)

Cartographer and publisher in Rome.

Nicolas Sanson (1600 – 1667), also called Sanson d'Abbéville.

Royal geographer and publisher in Paris. Founder of the French school of geography. His sons Guillaume (? - 1703) and Arian (? - 1708) succeeded Nicolas, later on his grandson Pierre Moullart-Sanson (? - 1730) in co-operation with H. Jaillot.

Back

Kunstantiquariat Monika Schmidt • Munich • Germany • www.maps-n-views.com
Antique Shop for Rare Old Prints: Old Maps, Views, and Decorative Prints with
original copper engravings, etchings, lithographs, steel engravings, woodcuts