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Author: Van der Aa
Year/Period: 1700's
| Size: | Inches: | 34 x 26 |
| CM: | 88 X 67 |
Price: $469.99
SKU: REG 69
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Description:
Pierre (Pieter) van der Aa (1659-1733) was a publisher, editor and bookseller of Leiden. He started as a bookseller at the age of twenty-three, becoming a prominent member of the Booksellers' Guild.
As a publisher his output was varied and prodigious though his main interest was the production of maps and atlases, which he printed in all sizes.
His publications include an Atlas Nouveau completed in about 1710, and the Galerie Agreable du Monde, of 66 parts in 27 volumes, completed in 1729 and containing over 3 000 maps. Parts 61—63 deal solely with Africa. Many of these maps were engraved by well-known Dutch engravers such as Luiken, Goeree and Stoopendael, and are typical examples of early eighteenth-century map productions. La Campagna Felice (otherwise called "Land of Labour") represented in this map is a geographic-historic region of Campania, which was an administrative unit of the Regno di Napoli and subsequently of the Regno d'Italia. In modern day Italy it is split between the regions of Lazio (South part) Campania (nowadays province of Caserta), and small piece (North West part) of Molise.
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.
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