PCT-48526

Antique Map of Coevorden by Coronelli (1706)

  • Condition: Very good, given age. Stain in top of the print and in lower margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
  • Date: 1706
  • Overall size: 25.5 x 18 cm.
  • Image size: 17.2 x 13.2 cm.
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.. Antique Map of Coevorden by Coronelli (1706)

Description: Antique print, titled: 'Covorden' - (Plate 67). This plate shows a groundplan of the fortifications of the Dutch city of Coevorden, naming the various parts of the city wall forts. This scarse original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Teatro della Guerra' by P. Coronelli, 1706.

Artists and Engravers: The author of this work is Vincenzo Maria (Padre) Coronelli (1650-1718): Father Corronelli was a Franciscan priest, who spend most of his life in Venice. He was a noted theologian and was appointed as Father General of his order in 1699. At that time he was already famous as a mathematician, cartographer and globe maker. He was very infuential, compiled and engraved over 500 maps. His most well known work is the 2-volume 'Atlante Veneto' but is is equally well known for his very large terrestrial and celestial globes. One, 15 feet in diameter he made for Louis XIV of France.