A New Mapp of the Estates of Savoy & Piedmont with the Countries Adjacent

by Robert Morden, Christopher Browne, d.1703, fl

$450 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A very fine map of Savoy & Piedmont by two great English cartographers Robert Morden d. 1703 was one of a new group of mapmakers who established the art of map publication in London on a permanent basis. As demonstrated in this excellent map of Savoy and Piedmont, Morden conveys the artistic and graphic standards of the late 17th century Dutch masters to English idiom. This is particularly true of the very fine engraving, evident here, that would not be typical of 18th

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