Two sheet map of Scotland, from Coronelli’s ‘Corso Geografico Universale’, copper engraved, uncoloured, separate as issued, four large cartouches, two coat of arms, dedication to the theologist Tommaso Maria Peire, inset list of Scottish Counties, central vertical folding, Italian text of verso, each c.455 x 625mm, Venice, [c.1690]
One of the most decorative large format maps of Scotland from the 17th Century. The detail shows mountains, lochs, rivers, islands, bays, towns and churches. Finely engraved in Coronelli’s unique style. Coronelli (1650-1718), was a Franciscan Friar and appointed General of the Order in 1701. He was cosmographer to the Republic of Venice and founder of the Academia Cosmografica degli Argonauti, the world’s first geographical society (1680).
