BARBIELLINI, Carlo Antonio. Atlante della geografia antica e moderna.  Milan: C. A. Barbiellini, 1807. 2° (390 x 272mm). Engraved plate and 49 engraved maps, some double-page, coloured by a contemporary hand. (Some maps repaired and waterstained, occasional spotting and staining.) Contemporary half calf (worn).
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BARBIELLINI, Carlo Antonio. Atlante della geografia antica e moderna. Milan: C. A. Barbiellini, 1807. 2° (390 x 272mm). Engraved plate and 49 engraved maps, some double-page, coloured by a contemporary hand. (Some maps repaired and waterstained, occasional spotting and staining.) Contemporary half calf (worn).

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BARBIELLINI, Carlo Antonio. Atlante della geografia antica e moderna. Milan: C. A. Barbiellini, 1807. 2° (390 x 272mm). Engraved plate and 49 engraved maps, some double-page, coloured by a contemporary hand. (Some maps repaired and waterstained, occasional spotting and staining.) Contemporary half calf (worn).

FIRST EDITION of Barbiellini's addition to his already published Geografia universale (1802-1806). As the author states in his dedication to Melzi d'Eril, after finishing the Geografia he worked on the publication of the present atlas which was on sale, either coloured or uncoloured, on its own or with the 13 volumes of the earlier work. The maps are by Guthrie, Mentelle, M. Brun, Pinkerton, Busching, Galanti, Buache, Vaugondy and others and engraved by Marco di Pietro, Saverio Chianal, Giuseppe Bonatti, the Bordiga brothers, Caniani, Bertolotti and Boggi.