Blaeu’s Camaldolese Hermitage, near Lanzo Torinese
SKU: 9478
£375.00
Title:
Blaeu’s Camaldolese Hermitage, near Lanzo Torinese
Date of publication:
1697
Printed Measurement:
48 x 56 cm
Colour:
black and white
Mapmaker(s):
Camaldulensium, nondum omnino absoluta ad Lancei oppidum eremus
This is the Camaldolese hermitage near Lanzo Torinese in Piedmont (which is visible on the hillside to the left). Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682, but the plates were purchased and reissued (with Blaeu’s imprint erased) by Adriaan Moetjens in 1697.
Condition & Materials
Copper engraving, 48 x 56 cm, black and white, upper margin cut close, light stain in upper part of the image, blank verso.
References
Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 80