Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). America Settentrionale colle nuove scoperte fin all'Ann1688. Venice, c. 1690. Engraved two-sheet map by the foremost Italian mapmaker of the 17th century. Unjoined, framed and matted. A major leap in the cartography of the day, one of the first maps to emphasize the importance of the Mississippi and to give an accurate rendering of the Great Lakes. Less accurately, it shows California as an island with a mountain range along its eastern coast, following Blaeu's map of 1648. Measurements: Framed: 47" x 34". Sights: 18 1/4" x 25 1/4". References: Burden II:643; Mapping the West 43-47; Cumming 148; Leighly, California as an Island 88; Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest 87; McLaughlin, California as an Island 103; Phillips 795; Shirley 548; Tooley 125; Wheat I:70. Condition: Good to very good. Moderate wear and bumping to frame. Light rippling.
Vincenzo Coronelli Hos Globos Terracqueum, ac Coelestem dicat... n.d. (c. 1696-1700) engraving 13.5 h x 19.625 w in (34 x 50 cm) This example was likely printed in Venice and features twelve terrestrial gores on one sheet, depicting the world, and designed to form a globe 6 inches diameter (15 cm). Provenance: Collection of Dr. Bernard Rubin, Chicago Literature: Shirley 537 (regarding Coronelli) This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Vincenzo Maria Coronelli Italy, Venice, August 16, 1650 - December 9, 1718 World Maps, The Western Hemisphere from Vincenzo Coronelli, PLANISFERO DEL MONDO NUOVO. Engraving Hand Coloured World Maps, The Western Hemisphere from Vincenzo Coronelli, PLANISFERO DEL MONDO NUOVO. Atlante Veneto published in Venice C1690. Map of the Western Hemisphere with decorative cartouches surrounded by tables and latitudes and other numeric information. Gold gilt frame with glazing Please note the items listed in this auction are pick-up only from Pfeffers Brisbane City Office Monday to Friday 10am - 4 pm and Saturday by appointment. All shipping and related costs are the responsibility of the buyer. If required Pfeffers can provide the contact for local shippers.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). Territorio Bresciano. Engraved map with original hand color in full and elaborate decorative border. Venice, c. 1690. 29 1/2" x 18 1/2" sheet. Beautifully colored map of Brescia in Northern Italy showing Lakes Garda and D'Iseo.
Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (Italian, 1650-1718) Map of the provinces of Xantung (Shandong) and Peking (Hebei) from Coronelli's "Corso Geografico Universale", hand coloured copper engraving on laid paper, titled "Xantung, e Peking Provincie della China, divise nelle sue Reggioni", decorative cartouche with a dedication to Rev. Severolli, published circa 1690, framed, 49 x 68cm. *The map shows the region from Henan and Shanxi provinces to the Korean peninsular and from Inner Mongolia to Shandong Province. Prominent features include the Great Wall of China. and the Yalu River.
Coronelli (Vincenzo) Memoires, Historiques & Geographiques du Royaume de la Moree, Negrepont & des Places Maritimes, first Dutch edition, double-page engraved map, 41 double-page engraved maps and plans, of which 5 with short tears or small marginal loss, cracked hinges but holding firm, later calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 407], small 8vo, Amsterdam, Wolfgang, Waesberge, Boom, & van Someren, 1686.
Engraving and etching, 495 x 700 mm. Map of China with the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangxi A fine example with light plate-tone, printed on laid paper with watermark. In very good condition, with the usual editorial fold.
VINCENZO MARIA CORONELLI (ITALIAN, 1650-1718) ALLEGORICAL "REPUBLIC OF VENICE AT WAR" ENGRAVING, engraving on laid paper, depicting the wife of the Doge (Venice's head of state, perhaps representing Venice herself) personifying Athena, goddess of War, with putti and attendants outfitting her with weapons and armor to prepare her for battle, and with an epic land and sea battle already being waged in the background, also featuring the Venetian lion snarling in the foreground; attributed to Venetian cartographer and publisher Coronelli. Housed under glass in a later frame. Circa 1690. 26 5/8" x 19 1/2" sight, 29 1/8" x 22" OA. Catalogue Note: The precise publishing information and the events symbolically depicted are unknown, but it is generally believed that this image was commissioned as military propaganda in the midst of the Morean War between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire, presumably to commemorate one of the very few such conflicts where Venice actually emerged victorious.
Coronelli, Vincenzo. Chekiang, e Kiangsi provincie della China. Kupferstichkarte. 46,5 x 61,5 cm (Plattenrand) bzw. 51 x 71 cm (Blattgröße). Venedig 1697. -- Leoporace Nr. 76/14. – Die Karte zeigt unter anderem das Gebiet des heutigen Shanghai und Peking. Letztere war schon im 15. Jahrhundert eine der größten Städte der Welt und hat sich seitdem wenig in ihrer Gestalt geändert. Mit großer Titelkartusche. – Mit verstärktem Mittelfalz, stellenweise leicht gebräunt, etwas knickspurig mit winzigem Einriss und einer hs. Nummerierung der Zeit. Dekorativ.
Copper engraving on two sheets, 1690, composed of two plates, printed on two sheets joined vertically, in the cartouche located in the upper right corner the detail of Sicily.
Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (Italian, 1650-1718) Map of the provinces of Xantung (Shandong) and Peking (Hebei) from Coronelli's "Corso Geografico Universale", hand coloured copper engraving on laid paper, titled "Xantung, e Peking Provincie della China, divise nelle sue Reggioni", decorative cartouche with a dedication to Rev. Severolli, published circa 1690, framed, 49 x 68cm. *The map shows the region from Henan and Shanxi provinces to the Korean peninsular and from Inner Mongolia to Shandong Province. Prominent features include the Great Wall of China. and the Yalu River.
China.- Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria) Quantung, e Fokien, Povincie della China, engraved map with original hand-colouring, on laid paper, platemark 465 x 620 mm (18 1/4 x 24 1/4 in), sheet 495 x 700 mm (19 1/2 x 27 1/2 in), blank verso, central vertical fold with minor marginal tape stains, minor spotting, unframed, [circa 1690]
Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, 8 num. Kupferstich- Karten aus "Isolari", Venedig 1689 Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, 1650 - Venedig - 1718, bedeutender italienischer Kartograph, gab im Jahre 1689 in Venedig sein wichtiges Werk "Isolari“ mit den bedeutendsten Inseln, Städten und Festungswerken Europas in zwei Bänden mit 240 Tafeln und Veduten heraus. 1691 und 1695 erfolgten die ersten Nachdrucke, hier: 8 Taf., Kupferstiche in guter Erhaltung: Taf.19 "Isola di S.Margarita" // Taf. 20 "Cittá Forte Blauet e Porto Luigi nella Bretagna" // Taf. 22 "Cambray", außerhalb d. Darst. r. u. & l. u. je ein Wurmgang // Taf. 23 "Doncherca", außerhalb d. Darst. r. u. & l. u. je ein Wurmgang // Taf. 29 "Arras nell`Artesia" // Taf. 31 "Betune nell`Artesia" // Taf. 38 "Strasburg, o Argentina" , re. u. li. unten Wurmgang bis in die Darst.// Taf. 40 "Wismar", 5 kleine Wurmgänge außerhalb d. Darst., je Blatt 39 x 54,5 cm
3 Rheinlauf Kupferstichkarten von Coronelli um 1690 Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, 1659 - 1718, "Corso del Reno Parte Meridionale", kolorierte Kupferstich-Karte um 1690 mit Abbildung des Rheinlaufes mit der fast vollständigen Schweiz und dem Nordosten Frankreichs, 45,5 x 61 cm, knapp beschnitten + ders., "Del Palatinato, et Elettorato Del Reno", große Kupferstichlandkarte des mittleren Rheinlaufs, bestehend aus zwei Teilkarten, mittig fixiert, um 1690, 72 x 92 cm (Gesamt) + ders., "Del Palatinato, et Elettorato Del Reno" - Parte occidentale, altkol. Kupferstichkarte um 1690, 60 x 46 cm mit Plattenrand
Tschechoslowakei/ Mähren & Ostsee, 4 Kupferstichkarten, 2 x Vincenzo Coronelli von 1690 // nach Erik Dahlberg, Festung Pillau Ostsee von 1656 // Matthäus Merian "Curische Haaff" von 1682 Vincenzo Maria Coronelli,1650-1718, 2 x "Marcomania hoggi di Marchesato de Moravia detto wolgarmente Marnhem", altkolorierte und schwarz-weiße Kupferstichkarte, 45, 5 x 61,5 cm, beide mit originalem Plattenrand in guter Erhaltung, aus "Corso Geografico Universale". Venedig um 1690 // "Iconographia Castelli Pillau et adiacentium locorum", Kupferstichkarte nach Erik Dahlberg, 25 x 31,5 cm mit originalem, breiten Plattenrand (Gesamt: 32,5 x 40 cm). Landkarte von Pillau mit Hafen und Festung, nicht genordet. Am oberen Bildrand die Landzunge, in der rechten Blatthälfte der Hafen und die Ansiedlung Pillau. In der rechten unteren Bildecke eine lebhafte Schlachtenszene, unten links die Titelkartusche. Die Karte umgeben von schmückendem Rahmen, aus: Samuel von Pufendorf; De rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sueciae regni gestis commentatorum. In dem Werk werden die Feldzüge des schwedischen Königs Karl X Gustav in Polen, Deutschland und Dänemark im ersten Nordischen Krieg 1655-1660 beschrieben // Matthäus Merian, 1593 - 1650, "Curische Haaff. Marche der Churfürstlichen Brandenburge Armee über das Churische Hafft, wobei die gantze Infanterie zu Schlitten geführet worden, den Jan. 1679". altkolorierter Kupferstich aus: Theatrum Europaeum XI. von 1682. Schöne detailreiche Karte der Kurischen Nehrung von Labiau bis Heidekrug mit Schakuhnen, Kaukehnen, Gilge mit Marschstellung der Brandenburgischen Armee und großer Textkartusche. Oben breiter Plattenrand, unten und seitlich knapp, unten rechts 4 cm des roten Rahmen fehlend
Indien und China, 2 Kupferstichkarten von Vincenzo Coronelli, 1688/1698: "Impero del Gran Mogol" & "Hunouang e Sucuhen provincie della China" Vincenzo Maria Coronelli,1650-1718, "Impero del Gran Mogol", oberer Teil der großen Zweiblatt- Kupferstichkarte von Indien aus Coronellis "Isolario". Die beiden Blätter wurden einzeln gedruckt und können zugeschnitten und zusammengefügt werden. Der hier dargestellte, obere Teil ist eine aufwendig gravierte großformatige Karte von Nordindien zur Zeit des Mogul-Reiches. Dazu gehören auch Bangladesch, Pakistan, Nepal und der Himalaya, verso lat. Text mit Beschreibung indonesischer Inseln und einem Plan Batavias, 45,5 x 60,5 cm mit originalem Plattenrand, von 1688 // "Hunouang e Sucuhen provincie della China". Eine eindrucksvolle Kupferstichkarte der chinesischen Provinzen Szechuan und Hunan. Es zeigt die Stadt Chungking am Jangtsekiang. Mit sehr dekorativen Titel- und Kilometerkartuschen. Oben eine fünfzeilige demografische Beschreibung und Statistiken zu den vorgestellten Provinzen. Basierend auf der früheren Karte von Johannes Blaeu und dem Jesuiten Martino Martini, 45,5 x 60,5 cm mit originalem Plattenrand, der Mittelstreifen etwas verfärbt, aus Coronellis in Venedig veröffentlichtem Atlas „Atlante Veneto“ von 1698.
Vincenzo Coronelli, Altkolorierte Kupferstichkarte des Östlichen Teil der Kurpfalz mit dem Rheinlauf von Mainz bis zur Höhe Durlach von 1690, gerahmt Vincenzo Coronelli, 1650 - Venedig - 1718, bedeutender italienischer Kartograph, "Del Palatinato, et Elettorato Del Reno Parte Orientale", originale, altkolorierte Kupferstichkarte von Vincenzo Maria Coronelli. Die prachtvolle, barocke Karte mit Titelkartusche unten rechts „Del Palatinato, et Elettorato Del Reno Parte Orientale: Dedicata All’Eccellenza del Sig. Cavalier Silvestro Valier Procuratore di S. Marco / Descritta Dal P. Coronelli Cosmografo della Serema. Repuca.“ und Maßstabskartusche oben rechts (Miglia d’Italia, Leghe Communi di Francia, Leghe Communi di Germaniace, Lieües Communes d’Allemagne). Größe der Abbildung : 59 x 43,5 cm, Größe des Blattes: 69 x 50 cm, in guter Erhaltung, gerahmt
Vincenzo Coronelli, Altkolorierte Kupferstichkarte von Madeira und den Kanaren von 1696, Vincenzo Coronelli, 1650 - Venedig - 1718, bedeutender italienischer Kartograph, "Isole e mar delle Canarie", große antike Seekarte der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeira. Altkolorierter Kupferstich mit Mittelfalz, 46 x 59,5 cm, in guter Erhaltung. Die detailreiche Karte zeigt die Kanaren mit Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Teneriffa, Gran Canaria, La Gomera und La Palma. Rechts die Karte von Madeira und eine große Ansicht von Funchal mit dem Hafen. Aus Coronellis "Isolario, descrittione di tutte l'isole", Venedig 1696, dazu "Acores insulae"
Vincenzo Coronelli, Altkolorierte Kupferstichkarte des Königreiches Kreta von 1696, sehr selten, eine der schönsten und größten Karten von Kreta Vincenzo Coronelli, 1650 - Venedig - 1718, bedeutender italienischer Kartograph, hier: Brilliant kolorierte, aus 2 Teilen bestehende, monumentale Kupferstichkarte der Insel und des Königreiches Kreta. Sie teilt die Insel in die vier Bezirke Canea, Rettimo, Candia und Setia auf. 46,0 x 119,0 cm (Platte) mit Plattenrand gesamt 48,5 cm x 125 cm, in guter Erhaltung. Dieser Karte liegen die Vermessungen des venezianischen Ingenieurs Francesco Basillicatas zu Grunde. Obwohl die Karten Basillicatas von Kreta ansonsten nahezu unbekannt sind, lieferten sie den genauesten Umriss der Insel im 17. Jahrhundert und waren bis weit ins 18. Jahrhundert nicht nur für für die Schifffahrt alleingültig. Die beiden Teile dieser Karte wurden für die Aufnahme in Coronellis "Corso Geografico Universale" gestochen und wurden 1696 in seinem "Isolario descittione geografico-historia....Tomo II dell`Atlante Veneto" veröffentlicht. Im Atlante Veneto sind in 13 Bänden (gedruckt 1690 -1705) die meisten von Coronellis Karten und andere Materialien zusammengefasst. Die vorliegende Karte erscheint nur ganz selten auf dem Kunstmarkt. Bekannt und katalogisiert sind nur sechs Exemplare in öffentlichen Sammlungen.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). (English Royal Navy Vessel -- Royal Charles) Nave Reale d' Inghilterra nominata il Gran Carlo. Engraving. c.1691. 19" x 26" sheet. Coronelli's etching of HMS Royal Charles the 100-gun first-rate ship of the line launched in 1673. She was rebuilt and renamed the HMS Queen in 1693.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). Bucintoro nella Solennita che si celebra in Venetia nel giorgno dell'Ascensione. Engraving. Venice, c.1691. 19" x 26 3/8" sheet. Charming view of Venice attributed to the Italian Franciscan Friar and cartographer Coronelli. Bucintoro in the solemnity celebrated in Venetia on the day of the ascension.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). [Pacific] Mare Del Sud... Engraved map. Venice, c.1691. 19" x 26 1/4" sheet. This splendid map of the Pacific Ocean shows most of the coastlines of the Americas and the partially-known islands off the eastern coast of Asia. California is presented as a large island in the Foxe form (Burden, 680).
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). [Atlantic] Mare del Nord... Engraved map. Venice, 1691. 19" x 26 1/2" sheet. Ornate double-page chart of the northern Atlantic Ocean includes considerable coastline detail particularly along the eastern seaboard of North America, the West Indies and the northern coast of South America. (Burden, 679).
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). Planisfero del Mondo Nuovo... Engraved map. Venice, 1691. 19" x 26 1/4" sheet. Italy's Greatest 17th Century Map Maker. A very fine map of the Western Hemisphere including the discoveries made by Abel Tasman in Australia and an early image of the New Zealand coastline, plus California as an Island. The treatment of the Northeastern Coast of Asia and Japan are also quite unusual, including a representation of Terra di Iesso, the mythical land bridge which was frequently shown to extend from Asia to Alaska, with only the Straits of Anian separating the two continents.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). America Meridionale. Double-paged Engraved map. Venice, 1691. 19” x 26 1/2” & 19 1/8” x 26 1/4” sheet, each. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was one of the most influential Italian mapmakers and was known especially for his globes and atlases. The son of a tailor, Vincenzo was apprenticed to a wood block engraver. At fifteen he became a novice in a Franciscan monastery. At sixteen he published his first book, the first of 140 publications he would write in his lifetime. The order recognized his intellectual ability and saw him educated in Venice and Rome. He earned a doctorate in theology, but also studied astronomy. By the late 1670s, he was working on geography and was commissioned to create a set of globes for the Duke of Parma. The Parma globes led to Coronelli being named theologian to the Duke and receiving a bigger commission, this one from Louis XIV of France. Coronelli moved to Paris for two years to construct the King’s huge globes, which are 12.5 feet in diameter and weigh 2 tons. The globes for the French King led to a craze for Coronelli’s work and he traveled Europe making globes for the ultra-elite. By 1705, he had returned to Venice. There, he founded the first geographical society, the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti and was named Cosmographer of the Republic of Venice. He died in 1718.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). America Settentrionale. Double-paged Engraved map. Venice, 1691. 19 1/8” x 26 1/4” & 19” x 26 1/8” sheet, each. ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND STRIKING OF ALL THE MAPS WHICH DEPICT CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND by the foremost Italian mapmaker of the 17th century. The large double-sheet map is highly decorative with an allegorical cartouche and numerous embellishments of native inhabitants. Coronelli's depiction of the Great Lakes incorporated information from the explorations of Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, while the geography of the West derives chiefly from the manuscript map of Diego de Penalosa, the former governor of Spanish New Mexico who had since allied himself with the French. References: Wheat Transmississippi, 70; Tooley (America), 57; McLaughlin, 103.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). Corso Del Reno Parte Settentrionale & Parte Meridionale. Double-paged Engraved map. Venice, 1691. 19 1/8” x 26 1/2” & 19 1/8” x 26 1/4” sheet, each. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was one of the most influential Italian mapmakers and was known especially for his globes and atlases. The son of a tailor, Vincenzo was apprenticed to a wood block engraver. At fifteen he became a novice in a Franciscan monastery. At sixteen he published his first book, the first of 140 publications he would write in his lifetime. The order recognized his intellectual ability and saw him educated in Venice and Rome. He earned a doctorate in theology, but also studied astronomy. By the late 1670s, he was working on geography and was commissioned to create a set of globes for the Duke of Parma. The Parma globes led to Coronelli being named theologian to the Duke and receiving a bigger commission, this one from Louis XIV of France. Coronelli moved to Paris for two years to construct the King’s huge globes, which are 12.5 feet in diameter and weigh 2 tons. The globes for the French King led to a craze for Coronelli’s work and he traveled Europe making globes for the ultra-elite. By 1705, he had returned to Venice. There, he founded the first geographical society, the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti and was named Cosmographer of the Republic of Venice. He died in 1718.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). Parte Orientale Dell'Europa. Double-paged Engraved map. Venice, 1691. 19” x 26 1/2” & 19” x 26 1/2” sheet, each. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was one of the most influential Italian mapmakers and was known especially for his globes and atlases. The son of a tailor, Vincenzo was apprenticed to a wood block engraver. At fifteen he became a novice in a Franciscan monastery. At sixteen he published his first book, the first of 140 publications he would write in his lifetime. The order recognized his intellectual ability and saw him educated in Venice and Rome. He earned a doctorate in theology, but also studied astronomy. By the late 1670s, he was working on geography and was commissioned to create a set of globes for the Duke of Parma. The Parma globes led to Coronelli being named theologian to the Duke and receiving a bigger commission, this one from Louis XIV of France. Coronelli moved to Paris for two years to construct the King’s huge globes, which are 12.5 feet in diameter and weigh 2 tons. The globes for the French King led to a craze for Coronelli’s work and he traveled Europe making globes for the ultra-elite. By 1705, he had returned to Venice. There, he founded the first geographical society, the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti and was named Cosmographer of the Republic of Venice. He died in 1718.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). Asia... Double-paged Engraved map. Venice, 1691. 18 1/2” x 26 1/4” & 19” x 26 1/4” sheet, each. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was one of the most influential Italian mapmakers and was known especially for his globes and atlases. The son of a tailor, Vincenzo was apprenticed to a wood block engraver. At fifteen he became a novice in a Franciscan monastery. At sixteen he published his first book, the first of 140 publications he would write in his lifetime. The order recognized his intellectual ability and saw him educated in Venice and Rome. He earned a doctorate in theology, but also studied astronomy. By the late 1670s, he was working on geography and was commissioned to create a set of globes for the Duke of Parma. The Parma globes led to Coronelli being named theologian to the Duke and receiving a bigger commission, this one from Louis XIV of France. Coronelli moved to Paris for two years to construct the King’s huge globes, which are 12.5 feet in diameter and weigh 2 tons. The globes for the French King led to a craze for Coronelli’s work and he traveled Europe making globes for the ultra-elite. By 1705, he had returned to Venice. There, he founded the first geographical society, the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti and was named Cosmographer of the Republic of Venice. He died in 1718.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). L'Africa... Double-paged Engraved map. Venice, 1691. 19” x 26 1/4” & 19” x 26 1/4” sheet, each. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was one of the most influential Italian mapmakers and was known especially for his globes and atlases. The son of a tailor, Vincenzo was apprenticed to a wood block engraver. At fifteen he became a novice in a Franciscan monastery. At sixteen he published his first book, the first of 140 publications he would write in his lifetime. The order recognized his intellectual ability and saw him educated in Venice and Rome. He earned a doctorate in theology, but also studied astronomy. By the late 1670s, he was working on geography and was commissioned to create a set of globes for the Duke of Parma. The Parma globes led to Coronelli being named theologian to the Duke and receiving a bigger commission, this one from Louis XIV of France. Coronelli moved to Paris for two years to construct the King’s huge globes, which are 12.5 feet in diameter and weigh 2 tons. The globes for the French King led to a craze for Coronelli’s work and he traveled Europe making globes for the ultra-elite. By 1705, he had returned to Venice. There, he founded the first geographical society, the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti and was named Cosmographer of the Republic of Venice. He died in 1718.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). Idea Dell'Uniuerso. Double-paged Engraved map. Venice, 1691. 19” x 26 1/4” & 19” x 26” sheet, each. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was one of the most influential Italian mapmakers and was known especially for his globes and atlases. The son of a tailor, Vincenzo was apprenticed to a wood block engraver. At fifteen he became a novice in a Franciscan monastery. At sixteen he published his first book, the first of 140 publications he would write in his lifetime. The order recognized his intellectual ability and saw him educated in Venice and Rome. He earned a doctorate in theology, but also studied astronomy. By the late 1670s, he was working on geography and was commissioned to create a set of globes for the Duke of Parma. The Parma globes led to Coronelli being named theologian to the Duke and receiving a bigger commission, this one from Louis XIV of France. Coronelli moved to Paris for two years to construct the King’s huge globes, which are 12.5 feet in diameter and weigh 2 tons. The globes for the French King led to a craze for Coronelli’s work and he traveled Europe making globes for the ultra-elite. By 1705, he had returned to Venice. There, he founded the first geographical society, the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti and was named Cosmographer of the Republic of Venice. He died in 1718.
Asia Divisa Nelle sue Parti Secondo lo Stato Presente Venice, circa 1690 copperplate engraving left: 28 3/4” x 19 3/4” (73 cm x 50 cm) right: 29” x 20” (74 cm x 51 cm) The Asia Divisa Nelle sue Parti Secondo lo Stato Presente by Vincenzo Coronelli is a finely detailed Two-Sheet Map of Asia. The map shows the latest discoveries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific in the 17th century, mainly Asia in its fullest extent, from Central Europe to New Zealand. Cornelli’s beautifully engraved decorative double sheet map of Asia is dedicated to the Jesuit missionaries at work in China and elsewhere in Asia. The depicted lands and seas are thick with annotations and toponyms, showing the extent to which Europeans were interested in the Far East. A testament to Cornelli’s extensive detail, in the area of Northern China, the Great Wall is even drawn in. Though, not all is known as Australia is shown as connected to New Guinea and is incomplete in its outline. The area of Africa, which is left blank, contains a large dedicatory cartouche. It lauds the work of the Jesuits, who at the time, were leading the Catholic missionaries in Asia. In the middle of the map, the lower right corner of the western sheet, is an elaborate title cartouche. It shows the title, written on a large rock, which is placed in front of a tent. Next to the rock are exoticized versions of Asian men wearing elaborate turbans, riding camels, and smoking pipes. In the upper right corner of the eastern sheet, the scale is printed on a piece of fabric, which is draped over a pedestal. Sweet, in his catalogue on Asia, states that Coronelli probably collaborated with Tillemon, producing this exceptionally accurate and up to date map. It is odd therefore that Quiros’ discovery of the New Hebrides is not shown and that the map notes that New Zealand was discovered in 1654 and not the correct date of 1642. These inconsistencies reveal the compilation method by which early modern maps were made. The Line between Known and Unknown: Jesuit missionaries This map, like all maps, is a mixture of known and unknown. The outlines of Asia seem familiar and the density of place names suggests knowledge and mastery. However, details reveal stories that were passed down and repeated throughout early modern mapping. For example, the map shows the long-held European assumption that all rivers in Southeast Asia had a common source. Here, it is the L. Di Chiamay, which gives rise to four rivers that flow south into Indochina. A major catalyst for this particular cartographic configuration was Matteo Ricci, the Jesuit cartographer. He includes Lake Chiamay on his maps, an idea he probably picked up from European maps he carried with him to China, as well by reading Bon Po and Buddhist doctrines. Ricci points to the influence of missionaries in this map. Coronelli has dedicated this map to the Jesuit missionaries, in particular the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Thyrsus González de Santalla. Gonzalez, a Spaniard, was the thirteenth Superior General of the order founded by St. Francis Xavier and St. Ignatius of Loyola. St. Francis Xavier had traveled extensively in Asia and had first attempted to reach China in 1552, but he died on the island of Shangchuan. Three decades later, Matteo Ricci and others established missions on the Chinese mainland. Ricci made the first Western style map of the world in China in 1602 and derivations of this map affected Asian cartography for the next two centuries. Most of what Europe knew of China was mediated by the Jesuit missionaries of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Line Between Known and Unknown: Dutch voyages Another example of received wisdom and the perpetuation of myths is east of Japan, where a large landmass is labeled as Terra d’Iesso. This island is on many eighteenth-century maps. Historically, Eso (Yedso, Yesso) refers to the island of Hokkaido. It varies from a small island to a near-continent sized mass that stretches from Asia to Alaska. Here, however, Coronelli tells the reader that the Dutch discovered the island in 1643, which indicates that he is eliding Yesso with two other North Pacific chimeras, Gamaland and Compagnies Land. João de Gama, the grandson of Vasco de Gama, was a Portuguese navigator who was accused of illegal trading with the Spanish in the East Indies. Gama fled and sailed from Macau to Japan in the later sixteenth century. He then struck out east, across the Pacific, and supposedly saw lands in the North Pacific. These lands were initially shown as small islands on Portuguese charts, but ballooned into a continent-sized landmass in later representations. Several voyagers sought out de Gama’s lands, including the Dutchmen Matthijs Hendrickszoon Quast in 1639 and Maarten Gerritszoon Vries in 1643. After this map’s publication, Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer in Russian employ, and James Cook would both check the area and find nothing, finally putting to rest the myth of Gamaland. Maarten Gerritszoon Vries, in his 1643 voyage , sighted the islands of Compagnies Land and Staten Land. He named the island for the Dutch States General (Staten Land) and for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) (Compagnies, or Company’s Land). In reality, he had re-discovered two of the Kuril Islands. However, other mapmakers latched onto Compagnies Land in particular, enlarging and merging it with Yesso and/or Gamaland. It is clear Coronelli had Vries and his voyage in mind, as a strait to the east of Yesso is named Stretto Vriez. Farther south, more Dutch voyages are chronicled. These include Tasman’s voyages to Van Dieman’s Land and New Zealand in the 1640s. In Australia, Coronelli discusses the transfer of knowledge. Some thought, he writes, that Australia was mentioned by Marco Polo as the kingdoms of Maletur (Malatur) and Lucach (Lochac). However, more recent compilers had questioned this designation. Coronelli decided to plot Australia based on what was known from the Dutch encounters with the continent. For example, in the north is Terra di Arnhem, which refers to Jan Carstenz’s voyage in the Arnhem in 1623. On the southern coast, Terra di Pietro Nuyts refers to the voyage of the Gulden Zeepaard, commanded by Nuyts, in 1627.
Uniform set of two large globe gores of the Far East Venice, 1688 copperplate engraving 19 1/4” x 14 1/4” (49 cm x 36 cm) each (For the opposite page) Title: Mapping the Mysteries of the East Subtitle: On course with Coronelli A rare set of globe gores by Vincenzo Coronelli, this cartographic image is made entirely through copper engraving – the principal method for producing maps from the 16th to the 19th century. Produced in 1688, the magnitude of importance of this map’s production dates back to 1678, when Vincenzo Coronelli, a Franciscan friar with expertise spanning theology, wood engraving, mathematics, astronomy, and geography, was tasked with crafting a pair of substantial globes—measuring 175 cm in diameter each—for the Duke of Parma, an endeavor that showcased his multifaceted talents. His work garnered such admiration that by 1681, Coronelli was summoned to Paris to undertake an even more ambitious project: crafting globes for the French monarch, Louis XIV, which were colossal in size, each boasting a diameter of 384 cm and weighing an astounding 2 tons. These majestic creations found their permanent residence in the French National Library. The unparalleled quality of the globes commissioned for royal courts sparked widespread demand for Coronelli's work. Such was their renown that in 1688, he produced his "Librei di Globi", a publication featuring large 42-inch (110 cm) globe sections for both terrestrial and celestial spheres. While fewer than 20 fully assembled globes from Cornelli’s 1688 series have survived to this day, individual sections occasionally surface in the market, such as the presented globe gores of the Far East. This is a testament to the enduring legacy of Coronelli's masterful cartography.
VINCENZO CORONELLI (1650 - 1718), Het Niew Hollandt. Nuova Guinea, published Venice, [1697], copper plate engraved globe gore of the Dutch discoveries in the Spice Islands, Papua New Guinea and Australia from the northwest Cape to the Gulf of Carpentaria, map size 23 x 29cm, with Italian text below and on verso of map, overall sheet size 40 x 30cm; framed 69 x 59cm.
Incisione in rame. mm 260x437. Foglio: mm 365x520. Da Corso geografico Universale, o sia la terra divisa nelle sue parti e subdistinta ne' suoi gran regni... opera pubblicata per la prima volta a Venezia a spese dell'Autore nel 1692. Mappa dei Caraibi dall'estrema punta meridionale della Florida e del canale di Bahama fino alle Antille e a Trinidad. Include le Isole Cayman, le Isole Vergini e le piccole isole sulla costa del Messico, (1)
Incisione in rame. mm 260x428. Foglio: mm 360x515, Dalla seconda edizione dell' Atlante veneto (1695-97). Mappa che raffigura la regione dei Grandi Laghi così come descritta nei rapporti dei missionari Gesuiti francesi padri La Salle, Joliet, Hennepin e altri che dal Quebec condussero spedizioni in tutta la regione dei Grandi Laghi e lungo il fiume Mississippi. Viene indicato in basso il fiume de Chekagou come eponimo di Chicago. La rappresentazione di questa estesa area lacustre appare sufficientemente esatta per una mappa del XVII secolo, anche se compaiono alcune incongruenze come l'alligatore che mangia uno degli indigeni vicino al confine tra il Minnesota e il Canada. (1)
Incisione in rame. mm 440x585. Foglio: mm 495x705. Da Isolario Descrittione Geografico-Historica, Sacro-Profano, Antico-Moderna, Politica, Naturale e Poetica ... di Tutti l'Isole ... Tomo II dell'Atlante Veneto ... del P. Maestro Vincenzo Coronelli ... Venezia, 1696. Mappa delle Isole Tremiti con san Nicola, Capraia e San Domino, dedicata al "Revenderissimo Padre Abbate D. Nicolò Bambaccari, predicatore celeberrimo, et Accademico Argonauta". (1)
Incisione in rame. mm 470x635. Foglio: mm 490x705. Da Isolario Descrittione Geografico-Historica, Sacro-Profano, Antico-Moderna, Politica, Naturale e Poetica ... di Tutti l'Isole ... Tomo II dell'Atlante Veneto ... del P. Maestro Vincenzo Coronelli ... Venezia, 1696. Pianta prospettica della città di Messina con il suo porto, navigli e rosa dei venti in primo piano, entro doppia decorazione a merletto.In basso a destra elaborato cartiglio con arma araldica del dedicatario e al di sotto edicola con titolo e dedica; in alto a destra scala metrica con strumenti di misura. (1)
Engraving and etching, 48.5 x 88 cm. Taken from the Isolario dell'Atlante Veneto. Fine, fresh and sharp impression on two joined sheets of laid paper. Text in Italian on the reverse. Usual central fold. In very good condition, with nice coeval coloring.
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650-1718). Planisfero del Mondo Nuovo. Venice, ca 1691. Engraved map of the Western Hemisphere with hand-coloring in wash and outline, visible area 19 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (495 x 698 mm). Framed (unexamined out of frame). Borders with symbols of constellations, and with bands of statistics surrounding the map providing latitudes to the second and other measurements, tables listing estimates of various geographic measurements. Coronelli's map, included in his atlas Atlante Veneto, first issued in 1691 and again in 1695, follows the globes issued by him in 1588. The map incorporates many 17th-century cartographic assumptions about the Americas, depicting California as an island and following the La Salle model of the Mississippi River, emptying into the Gulf in the vicinity of Galveston Bay. McLaughlin 105; Shirley 548 (" a worthwhile addition to any collection").
Eastern Italy & Dalmatian Coast. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, Golfo di Venezia, Descritto..., from Atlante Veneto, 1688 (dated). Black & White. An extremely detailed and stunningly beautiful map of the Adriatic Sea and surrounding coastlines, with Venice shown at the upper end in the Gulf of Venice. The map extends south to include the Pulnian Peninsula and the Gulf of Taranto in Italy and in the east to show the northern coast of Corfu Island. Named are Serbia, Canina, Bosnia, Herzegovina and more. Each country and kingdom is overlaid with its royal coat-of-arms. The large and highly decorative title cartouche features a bird's-eye-view of Venice and the coat-of-arms, surrounded by plans of twenty-two fortified cities each in its own circular frame. Cities include Ravenna, Ancona, Cattaro, Budua, Zara and Pla, to mention a few. A second very decorative cartouche at upper right contains the six distance scales. It features the winged Venetian lion holding a book. The sheet is further embellished with a few rhumb lines and a fleur-de-lys. A beautiful example of Coronelli's unique engraving style.
Two-Sheet Map of Dalmatian Coast. Western Balkans, Adriatic Sea. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, Ristretto della Dalmazia Divisa ne Suoi Contadi, gia Presentata alla Serenissima Republica di Venezia, etc., from Isolario Descrittione Geografico-Historica..., 1696-97 (published). Black & White. This spectacular two-sheet map centers on the historical region of Dalmatia in Croatia and extends north to the Istria region and south to Albania. There is excellent topographical detail, with mountains, rivers, and various types of forests depicted alongside myriad place names. Notes in Italian on the history and topography of the region are scattered throughout the map. Text at bottom notes Venetian victories against the Ottoman Empire in the Great Turkish War, still ongoing when this map was first published. There is a large and elaborate title cartouche at top right and an exquisite vignette at bottom left that features the Doge of Venice being hoisted across the Adriatic by a band of merfolk, putti, and hippocamps. In another vignette on the opposite sheet, the Dalmatian coat of arms is held aloft by merfolk. North is oriented to the left. The map comes from Coronelli's Isolario Descrittione Geografico-Historica..., the second part of his massive Atlante Veneto published in 1696-97. Coronelli established the society of geographers "Accademia degli Argonauta", one of the oldest in the world, and became the official geographer of the Venetian Republic. His maps of the Adriatic Sea were of particular strategic and economic importance and were also often used to glorify Venice and its victories over the Turks. Printed on two sheets, joined. LITERATURE: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.CORO-13a #42.
Central Europe, Germany. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, [On 2 Sheets] Germania, Parte Occidentale... [and] Parte Orientale della Germania Divisa ne suoi Stati, from Isolario, 1692 (dated). Black & White. This beautifully engraved two-sheet map spans from the mouth of the Seine east to the Vistula and from the German-Danish border south to Gulf of Venice. It extends across the Passo di Cales Ouero (Strait of Dover) to show a portion of the English coast. The map is dense with place names, including the state names of the Holy Roman Empire. Both sheets feature their own separate borders and ornate strapwork distance scale and title cartouches. The verso of the western sheet features bird's-eye views of Kiel (9.2 x 4.5") and Visbla (Visby) on the island of Gotland (9.9 x 4.3"). Italian text on verso. Coronelli (1650 - 1718) was a Franciscan friar who established the society of geographers "Accademia degli Argonauta," one of the oldest in the world, and became the official geographer of the Venetian Republic. His maps are distinguished by his elegant engraving style and cartographic rigor. LITERATURE: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.CORO-13a #149-152.
Azores. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, Isole Azzori, o Azzoridi dette Altrimenti Acipitrum, Tertiae, Flandricae, et Superiores..., from Atlante Veneto…, 1690 (circa). Black & White. This handsome map of the Azores includes an elaborate inset bird's-eye plan of Angra enclosed in an ornate, drape-style cartouche. Detail is limited to coastal place names. The beautifully composed title cartouche features shells, coral, fish, and pearls. The map exhibits the fine engraving style typical of maps from this coveted Venetian atlas.
Cartographic Miscellany, Geography. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, Primi Elementi, o Introdutione al Corso Geografico..., from Epitome Cosmografica…, 1693 (circa). Hand Color. Very unusual chart illustrating the basic principles of geography. The main map is a double hemisphere without landmasses, showing lines of latitude and longitude, climate zones, etc. The spheres are surrounded by several smaller diagrams and tables, making for a very handsome presentation.
Mexico.- Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria) Parte della Nuova Spagna, o del Mexico doue Sono le Provincie di Guadalaira Xalisco Mecoacan e Mexico..., map of western and central Mexico showing from Xiamora to Acapulco and includes Mexico City and Guadalajara, engraved map on laid paper with hand-colouring, platemark 450 x 605 mm (17 3/4 x 23 3/4 in), sheet 485 x 680 mm (19 1/8 x 26 3/4 in), unframed, [circa 1690]; together with four other maps of Mexico and Central America, including from Meyer's 1845 'Neueste Karte von Mexico' from Handatlas, Picquet's 'Carte Generale des Etats-Unis des Haut et Bas-Canada... seconde edition', L. Ewald's 1851 'Mexico und Texas', Brué's 'Carte Generale des Etats-Unis Mexicains et des Provinces-Unies de L'Amerique Centrale', engraved and lithographed, outline hand-colouring, various sizes between 360 x 450 mm (14 1/4 x 17 3/4 in) and 540 x 660 mm (21 1/4 x 26 in), minor nicks and tears, some handling creases, unframed, 19th century (5)
Cape Verde Islands.- Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria) Bocche del Fiume Negro et Isole di Capo Verde..., engraved map with early hand-colouring, on laid paper with watermark of the letter 'A', platemark 450 x 600 mm (17 3/4 x 23 1/2 in), sheet 495 x 695 mm (19 1/2 x 27 1/4 in), minor handling creases, otherwise a good example, unframed, Venice, [circa 1690]; together with J.W. Norie's A New Chart of the Cape Verde Islands, drawn from the latest authorities, engraving with hand-colouring, 710 x 420 mm (28 x 16 1/2 in), unframed, 1824 (2)
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