1765 Tardieu Large Antique Map Catholic States of Italy Scandinavia On the façade

On the façade

but as far as cartography is concerned the printing of Ptolemy's Geographia at Ulm in 1482 (and 1486) - the first edition with woodcut maps - was an event of the greatest importance

but the soldier of fortune had not overlooked productions of a more elevating and humanising kind

Overlooking the Tiber

Brouette a Voile (Wheelbarrow with sail)

1765 Tardieu Large Antique Map Catholic States of Italy Scandinavia On the façadeTitle : Etat de L Eglise Ref #: 92787 Size: 23in x 17 1 2in (585mm x 445mm) Date : 1765 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This large beautifully hand coloured original antique map of the Catholic States of Italy waspublished by the famous French publisher Pierre Francois Tardieu (famous for publishing Diderots Encyclopedie in 1779) in 1765. (Ref: M&B; Tooley) General Description: Paper thickness and quality: Heavy & stable Paper color: White