ZATTA, Antonio (fl. 1757-1797). Atlante Novissimo. Venice: Antonio Zatta, [1775]-1785. 4 volumes, 2° (394 x 272mm). Engraved frontispiece, 201 (of 217) hand-coloured double-page engraved maps and views. (Lacking title in vol. I, index in vol. IV and 16 maps called for by Shirley, very light browning, two small holes on map 33 in vol III.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt, red edges (light worming on spine, edges rubbed, some staining).

ZATTA, Antonio (fl. 1757-1797). Atlante Novissimo. Venice: Antonio Zatta, [1775]-1785. 4 volumes, 2° (394 x 272mm). Engraved frontispiece, 201 (of 217) hand-coloured double-page engraved maps and views. (Lacking title in vol. I, index in vol. IV and 16 maps called for by Shirley, very light browning, two small holes on map 33 in vol III.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt, red edges (light worming on spine, edges rubbed, some staining).

ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE WORLD ATLASES to be issued in Italy in the 18th-century. Zatta's atlas was designed to accompany the Nuova Geografia, an Italian translation of the geographical treatise of of A. F. Büsching. Each map has a hand-coloured engraved scene showing a delightful vignette of topographical and historic interest. Shirley BL T.ZAT-1a. (4)