Presciuttini/Radaelli - Coste del Mondo nella cartografia...

Coste del Mondo with a collection of Oro-Hydrographic maps – the lot includes: Paola Presciuttini: Coste del Mondo in European cartography 1500-1900 – Priuli & Verlucca 2005 Oblong 4to, 34 x 31 cm., editorial canvas, illustrated dust jacket, 179 pages, richly illustrated in color and in black and white, excellent condition. + Collection of Oro-Hydrographic maps proposed by the Milan Provincial School Council, carried out under the direction of Prof. Evaristo Radaelli, published in Milan by the Artaria Publishing Firm, n.d. in Folio, 28 x 42.5 cm., 14 two-color oro-hydrographic maps bound together with marbled paper boards and a cloth spine with no date indicated but a handwritten note on the first guard sheet indicates the student’s name and a date: 1894. The 14 maps represent: France, Europe, Italy, the Po Valley, Spain and Portugal, the Balkan Peninsula, Germany, European Russia, the British Isles, Greece, Austria-Hungary, the Netherlands and Belgium, Sweden-Norway, Switzerland. At the end of the volume a collection with about forty school maps and geographical charts from various eras and conditions, some handwritten, many torn or in poor condition. Atlases and geographical maps published by the Artaria firm in Milan date mainly to the 19th century, a period when the historic Artaria family (originally from Blevio in Brianza) was a reference point for music publishing, copper engraving, and cartography in Italy and Vienna. The prints and original volumes of the Artaria firm are today considered antiques and historical cartography pieces, often found at specialized auctions, municipal libraries, or historical archives. Carefully protective packaging, fast and trackable shipping

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