32. Map "Transylvania", Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome, 1686

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32. Map "Transylvania", Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, Rome, 1686

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EUR 400

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copper engraving, laid paper hand-coloured, 61 x 47 cm

A map of Transylvania which contains the internal administrative divisions (shires), as well as the old names of the regions (Quartiero). Also, the author of the map notes down in every region the ethnicity of the majority inhabitants (e.g.: Natione de Valacchi) or simply (e.g.: valacchi) where the regions are territorially restrained. Thus, he individualizes the five nations (ethnic groups) which inhabit the Transylvanian territory, the Vallachians, the Hungarians, the Saxons, the Moldavians and the Szekler, and their geographic distribution within the mapped territory. The maps of Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola are published by Giacomo de Rossi in a two-volume atlas. "Mercurio Geografico overo Guida Geografica in tutte le parti del Mondo, conforme le tavole geografiche del Sansone, Baudrand e Cantelli", volume I and "La guida del Mercurio geografico per tutte le parte del mondo. Mercurio geografico over Guida geografica in tutte le parti del mondo conforme le tavole di Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola geografo del Sereniss. Signor Duca di Modena intagliate albulino" by Antonio Barbey, volume II, Rome, 1692. The atlas contains 181 boards. The first volume contains the boards from 1 to 95, while the second volume comprises the boards from 96 to 181.

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