Antique Print-GRAVE-FORTIFICATION-PLAN-NETHERLANDS-Coronelli-c. 1700

Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 25.7 x 18.2 cm (10.12 x 7.17 inch). Image size: 25.7 x 18.2 cm. (10.12 x 7.17 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Original fold as issued. No top and bottom margins. A few minor crinkles. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GRAVE-FORTIFICATION-PLAN-NETHERLANDS | PCO-E10-15

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: 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.