Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 25.5 x 18.2 cm (10.04 x 7.17 inch). Image size: 22.8 x 17.5 cm. (8.98 x 6.89 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BREDA-FORTIFICATION-PLAN-NETHERLANDS | PCOA55-31
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This original antique print was published in The Netherlands, 1706.
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.
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