Mappamondo o Carta Generale della Terra. Barbiellini world map c1806

$925.00

Italian World Map or General Chart of the Earth.

Mappamondo o Carta Generale della Terra. Italian map engraved by G. Caniani for Carlo Antonio Barbiellini. Milan, c1806 – with Australia shown as Nuova Olanda.

Beautiful hand-coloured world map for Geografia Universale (Universal Geography) which Barbellini published in Milan between 1802 and 1806. Barbiellilni used the maps of Guthrie, Mentelle, Brun, Pinkerton, Busching, Galanti, Buache, Vaugondy and others, whose maps were engraved by Marco di Pietro, Saverio Chianal, Giuseppe Bonatti, the Bordiga brothers, G. Caniani, Bertolotti, and Boggi.

Rare map in good condition with central vertical fold as issued, and with later colour in the style of Barbiellini's colouring for the atlas he issued the following year.

Map size is 245 x 390mm (9 5/8 x 15 3/8 inches).