CORONELLI, Vincenzo (1650-1718). Atlante Veneto: Isolario descrittione geografico-historia. Venice: 1696-97.
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CORONELLI, Vincenzo (1650-1718). Atlante Veneto: Isolario descrittione geografico-historia. Venice: 1696-97.

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CORONELLI, Vincenzo (1650-1718). Atlante Veneto: Isolario descrittione geografico-historia. Venice: 1696-97.

Part 2 only of 2 (475 x 340mm). Engraved architectural frontispiece, half-title, title of Isolario printed in red and black, portrait of the Duke of Mantua, 72 engraved views, charts, maps and costume plates, some mounted on guards, of which 28 double-page. (Lacking engraved title of Gli Argonauti, a portrait and a map detached, worming and repairs to inner margins of some leaves, few times worming affecting maps, some dampstaining, staining and soiling, occasional browning.) Contemporary vellum (front hinge splitting, some scuffing and staining, extremities rubbed).

ONE OF CORONELLI'S MOST AMBITIOUS UNDERTAKINGS. This second volume of the Isolario, which forms part of the Atlante Veneto, covers Britain, Europe, Africa, Japan, Asia, and the West Indies. (See lot 118 for an extra illustrated copy of the same work). Phillips I, 521; Shirley BL, T.COR-13a. For a full list of maps please visit www.christies.com.