BAVARIA GERMANY 1778 VAUGONDY & SANTINI ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED MAP
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BAVARIA GERMANY 1778 VAUGONDY & SANTINI ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED MAP:
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DescriptionLe Cercle de Baviere qui comprend le Haut Palatinat, les Duchés de Haute et de Basse Baviere et de Neuburg, l\'Archevéché de Salzburg, les Évéchés de Ratisbonne, de Freisingen, de Passau et la Prevôte de Berchtolsgaden Par le Sr. Robert Géog. ord. du Roy A Venise Chez P. Santini 1778. Chez Mr. Remondini.
Prior to the French Revolutionary War and the Congress of Vienna, the Holy Roman Empire\'s Circle of Bavaria included the Archbishopric of Salzburg, and was bordered by Franconia, Bohemia, Swabia, and Austria. After several wars with, and occupation by, Austria, the old Bavarian elector Max III Joseph died, leaving Bavaria and the electoral Palatinate to be governed once again in personal union. The Napoleonic Wars dissolved the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, briefly making Bavaria an independent kingdom and doubling its size, until Germany consolidated in 1871.
Drawn by Robert de Vaugondy in 1751 and published by Santini & Remondini in the 1784 issue of their Atlas Universal.
Date: 1778 ( dated )
Condition: Very strong and dark impression on very strong paper. Paper with chains and wiremarks. Map old original colored. Wide margins. Corners partially missed. Small foxing and browning. Map folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images.
Mapmakers: Gilles (1688 - 1766) and Didier (c. 1723 - 1786) Robert de Vaugondy were map publishers, engravers, and cartographers active in Paris during the mid-18th century. The father and son team were the inheritors to the important Sanson cartographic firm whose stock supplied much of their initial material. Graduating from Sanson\'s map\'s Gilles, and more particularly Didier, began to produce their own substantial corpus of work. Vaugondys were well respected for the detail and accuracy of their maps in which they made excellent use of the considerable resources available in 18th century Paris to produce the most accurate and fantasy-free maps possible. The Vaugondys compiled each map based upon their own superior geographic knowledge, scholarly research, the journals of contemporary explorers and missionaries, and direct astronomical observation - moreover, unlike many cartographers of this period, they commonly took pains to reference their source material. Nevertheless, even in 18th century Paris geographical knowledge was severely limited - especially regarding those unexplored portions of the world, including the poles, the Pacific northwest of America, and the interior of Africa and South America. In these areas the Vaugondys, like their rivals De L\'Isle and Buache, must be considered speculative geographers. Speculative geography was a genre of mapmaking that evolved in Europe, particularly Paris, in the middle to late 18th century. Cartographers in this genre would fill in unknown areas on their maps with speculations based upon their vast knowledge of cartography, personal geographical theories, and often dubious primary source material gathered by explorers and navigators. This approach, which attempted to use the known to validate the unknown, naturally engendered many rivalries. Vaugondy\'s feuds with other cartographers, most specifically Phillipe Buache, resulted in numerous conflicting papers being presented before the Academie des Sciences, of which both were members. The era of speculatively cartography effectively ended with the late 18th century explorations of Captain Cook, Jean Francois de Galaup de La Perouse, and George Vancouver.
Paolo Santini (Venice 1729 - Belluno 1793) was priest of the church of Santa Maria Formosa in Venice and a professor of design at the public schools of the Jesuits. From the best cards of the time, he made his brother, Francis, the famous Atlas Universal, divided into 2 volumes and containing 123 cards. Francesco Santini published it between 1776 and 1780. Subsequently, the calcographic cards were purchased in 1781 by the Remondini di Bassano typography, which republished the atlas.
Remondini (fl. c. 1657 - 1861) were a family of printers who worked originally based in Bassano del Grappa, near Venice. Giovanni Antonio Remondini (1634-1711), the family patriarch, was born in Padua in 1634. In 1657, he took a home the main square of Bassano where he opened a shop drapes, wool, silk and iron tools. He also sold woodcuts of saints which proved popular with local farmers who believed they bought spiritual protection. When Giovanni died in 1711 his printing business fell into the hands of his son, Joseph Remondini. In 1750 Joseph expended the family business into Venice proper. Having several paper factories established by Giovanni Antonio, the Remondini were in a position to undercut competitors in Venice. The Remondini employed a number of talented engravers, including Paolo Santini, an Abbot who specialized in sacred images as well as cartography. Their corpus includes several beautifully produced atlases, though, cartographically speaking, little in the way of original work. The family fell into decline following the Napoleonic invasions, finally closing their doors in 1861. Most of the Remondini family\'s work is today preserved in the Museum of Bassano del Grappa and the Piccolo Remondini Museum of Vicenza.
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BAVARIA GERMANY 1778 VAUGONDY & SANTINI ANTIQUE ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED MAP:
$20.00