A scarce Italian version of Le Rouge's map of Gibraltar
LE ROUGE, Georges-Louis.
Nuova pianta di Gibilterra con tutte le sue fortificazioni / Pianta della baja di Gibilterra..
Rome: Bouchard e Gravier, c.1762. Original colour. 405 x 620mm.
Minor repairs to margins.
A map of Gibraltar published towards the end of the Seven Years' War (1756-63) but based on Le Rouge's map of 1756, with an inset of the Bay of Gibraltar.
The publishers, Giuseppe Bouchard and Giovanni Gravier, are most famous for being publshers of Piranesi's famous ' Vedute di Roma '. This is one of their few forays into cartography, a rare item.
Stock ID : 18435
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A scarce Italian version of Le Rouge's map of Gibraltar
LE ROUGE, Georges-Louis.
Nuova pianta di Gibilterra con tutte le sue fortificazioni / Pianta della baja di Gibilterra..
Rome: Bouchard e Gravier, c.1762. Original colour. 405 x 620mm.
Minor repairs to margins.
A map of Gibraltar published towards the end of the Seven Years' War (1756-63) but based on Le Rouge's map of 1756, with an inset of the Bay of Gibraltar.
The publishers, Giuseppe Bouchard and Giovanni Gravier, are most famous for being publshers of Piranesi's famous ' Vedute di Roma '. This is one of their few forays into cartography, a rare item.
Stock ID : 18435
SOLD
To see similar items click here
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