Cisalpine Gaul and the Po Valley, d'Anville Map for Rollin, 1818
€ 245
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1818
Mapmaker / artist
Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, cartographer
Publisher
Ledoux et Tenré, Paris
Technique
Copper Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Sheet size
35 × 50 cm (13.8 × 19.7 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14399-24
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Marked handling soiling along all four edges. Foxing over much of the margin. Slight wear at the bottom left and bottom right corners. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the left and top. Center fold as issued.
About this sheet
An original copper engraved map, uncolored, of Cisalpine Gaul, the Po basin and the arc of the Alps from the Lemanus Lacus at Geneva round to Histria. The peoples are lettered across it, among them the Lepontii, Salassi, Insubres, Cenomani, Euganei, Carni, Boii, Lingones, Vagienni, Ingauni and Intemelii, with Venetia in the east. Mediolanum, Ticinum, Augusta Taurinorum, Placentia, Cremona, Bedriacum, Mantua, Verona, Patavium, Aquileia, Tergeste, Pola, Ravenna, Ariminum, Bononia and Genua are placed, the Via Æmilia is lettered along its course, and the Verbanus, Larius and Benacus lakes are drawn with the Padus Fl. and the Rubico Fl. Pisae, Luca and Florentia appear at the southern edge.
The cartouche at right reads La Gaule / Cisalpine / pour l'Histoire Romaine / de Rollin / par d'Anville / Géographe ord.re du Roi. The plate number Pl. 24 is engraved above the upper right corner of the neatline. Two scale bars below the cartouche read Milles Romains, évalués 755 ½ Toises and Lieues Françaises de 2500 Toises. Two lines along the foot explain the longitude: Longitude selon la valeur des Degrés dans l'hypothèse de la Terre Sphérique et qui est comptée du Méridien de Paris and Longitude vraie, et qui se conclut des Observations Astronomiques.
The plate belongs to the Atlas de Géographie Ancienne, published in Paris in 1818 by Ledoux et Tenré and printed by Didot le jeune to accompany the works of Charles Rollin (1661 to 1741), author of the Histoire ancienne and the Histoire romaine. Its maps were engraved after the originals of Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 to 1782). In the signed foreword Ambroise Tardieu, géographe-graveur, states that the maps were copied with religious fidelity and that, charged with revising the proofs, he had only to correct negligences and faults of execution.
This is an original antique map, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
