Environs of Ancient Rome and Latium, d'Anville Roman History Map, 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
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-14399-14

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 right and top right corners. Minor edge wear, shallow nicks along the right. A pale brown tide line runs along the lower margin.

About this sheet

An original copper engraved map, uncolored, of the country around ancient Rome. It runs from Vulsinii and its lake in the north to Terracina and the Circaeum Prom. in the south, and from the Tyrrhenian coast inland to the Apennines. The peoples are lettered in French across it, among them the Volsques, Herniques, Eques, Rutules, Falisques and Capenates, with Etrurie to the northwest. Rome stands at the center on the Tiber, with Veii, Fidenae, Tibur, Praeneste, Tusculum, Gabii, Alba-longa, Aricia, Lavinium, Ardea, Ostia and Antium around it, and the Pomptinae Paludes to the south. The roads are drawn and named, including the Via Appia, Latina, Praenestina, Tiburtina, Aurelia, Cassia, Flaminia and Valeria. Modern names such as Tivoli, Frascati and Albano are underlined beside the ancient ones.

The cartouche reads Les Environs de Rome pour l'intelligence de l'Histoire Romaine de Rollin, par d'Anville, Géographe ord.re du Roi. The plate is numbered Pl. 14 above the upper right corner of the border. Six scale bars stand below it, from Milles Romains anciens, évalués 756 Toises and Milles Romains modernes, de 764 Toises through Greek stades, the stades of Polybius and of Strabo, to the French league, with a ruled comparison of Pieds Romains, Pieds Grecs and Pieds Français. A light center fold runs through the double sheet.

The plate comes from 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), the French historian, author of the Histoire ancienne and the Histoire romaine. Its maps are engraved after the originals of Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 to 1782). In the foreword, signed by Ambroise Tardieu, géographe-graveur, Tardieu writes that the maps were copied with religious fidelity and that, charged with reviewing the proofs, he corrected only negligences and faults of execution. The map serves the opening books of Rollin's Roman history, when Rome fought its neighbors in Latium and southern Etruria.

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.