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Incisione in rame, mm 460x615. Piacevole carta, ricca di cartigli e stemmi, perfetta fusione di eleganza tipografica e rigore scientifico, come tutti i prodotti coronelliani. Tratte da "Isolario" una delle più celebri opere del vulcanico religioso veneziano, autore fra la fine del secolo e gli inizi del successivo di decine di importanti pubblicazioni fra cui ricordiamo il "Libro dei globi", oltre ai celebri globi costruiti per il re di Francia, "Atlante veneto", "Teatro della guerra", "Corso geografico" e "Teatro delle città". Buon esemplare con piccoli restauri alla piega centrale. Cortazzi, Isles of Gold, p. 48. pl. 75; Potter, Antique Maps, pp. 126-7; Campbell, #33; Walter, Japan a Cartographic vision, 191<BR>Copper engraving, mm 460x615. Good example of this important map of Japan and Korea, embellished by a decorative cartouche with title at top. A good example with minor restoration at centerfold. <BR>From Coronelli's Atlante Veneto. The Atlante was professionally designed as a continuation of Blaeu's Atlas Maior and by 1701 was extended to embrace up to twelve volumes. <BR>The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), encyclopaedist, geographer, inventor and Doctor of Theology, was citizen of the Republic of Venice. He was also one of the most prominent mapmakers and publishers in Europe of his day.<BR>Vincenzo Coronelli, in addition to being an ordined Franciscan priest who eventually became Father General of his order, was also one of the most prominent mapmakers and publishers in Europe of his day. He was appointed official Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic in 1685, a year after he founded the world's earliest geographic society, "L'Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti" in the same city. Cortazzi, Isles of Gold, p. 48. pl. 75; Potter, Antique Maps, pp. 126-7; Campbell, #33; Walter, Japan a Cartographic vision, 191<BR>