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ZATTA, Antonio (fl. 1757-97). Atlante Novissimo. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1775-1785.
4 volumes, 2° (395 x 290mm). Double-page engraved frontispiece, 218 hand-coloured double-page engraved maps and views. (Lacking index in vols II, III, IV, marginal wormtracks in vols I and II, occasionally touching maps, occasional light browning and soiling.) Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, red edges (extremities rubbed and bumped, lacking label to vol. I). Provenance: contemporary annotations -- Luigi Pasetti (ownership inscription on verso of title).
ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE WORLD ATLASES to be issued in Italy in the 18th century. Zatta's atlas was designed to accompany the Nuova Geografia, an Italian translation of the geographical treatise of A. F. Büsching. The maps include Mitchell's map of America on 12 sheets, a suite of European maps, county maps of Kent, Middlesex, Essex and Surrey, and various maps of Africa, Asia, Australasia, and of the Ancient world. Those of Australasia follow Cook's latest discoveries. Shirley BL I, T.ZAT-1a. (4)
4 volumes, 2° (395 x 290mm). Double-page engraved frontispiece, 218 hand-coloured double-page engraved maps and views. (Lacking index in vols II, III, IV, marginal wormtracks in vols I and II, occasionally touching maps, occasional light browning and soiling.) Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, red edges (extremities rubbed and bumped, lacking label to vol. I). Provenance: contemporary annotations -- Luigi Pasetti (ownership inscription on verso of title).
ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE WORLD ATLASES to be issued in Italy in the 18th century. Zatta's atlas was designed to accompany the Nuova Geografia, an Italian translation of the geographical treatise of A. F. Büsching. The maps include Mitchell's map of America on 12 sheets, a suite of European maps, county maps of Kent, Middlesex, Essex and Surrey, and various maps of Africa, Asia, Australasia, and of the Ancient world. Those of Australasia follow Cook's latest discoveries. Shirley BL I, T.ZAT-1a. (4)
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