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Principato Citra olim Picentia

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Principato Citra olim Picentia

Author: Blaeu/Janssonius

Year/Period: 1640 ca.

Size:Inches:41 x 31
CM:105 X 80

Price: $619.99

SKU: REG 1/ D

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The Blaeu family ran one of the most renowned Dutch publishing house during the seventeenth century, specialized in the printing of geographical books, nautical maps and atlases.The Blaeu printing works are especially known for the publication in 1669 of four large mural maps representing Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa.The Principato Citra (or Principato Citeriore) pictured in this map was an administrative unit of the Regno di Napoli (Kingdom of Naples) and subsequently of the Regno delle Due Sicilie (Kingdom of two Sicilies)

Engraving Information:

This artistic reproduction of a vintage map was made using modern graphic procedures, but obtaining the results found in the antique copperplate engraving technique, as one can easily find out by lightly rubbing his/her finger on the map. This map, which is an exact reproduction of the original antique, is printed on cotton paper panels which are glued and mounted on a cotton cloth background "a stacchi" (slightly separated from each other), in order to allow for folding and easier transport. Finally, map is water-colored by hand making it a truly unique piece, worthy of the original old print.