An uncommon sea chart of France's Mediterranean coast

LEVANTO, Francesco Maria.

La Costa di Linguadocha, Provenza, et una parte d'Italia da C.Dragonis sino à Cabo Delle Mollo.
Venice: Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, c.1696. 405 x 505mm.

Smear of printer's ink in sea area.

Sea chart, showing from Palamos in Girona to Albenga in Liguria, with part of the west coast of Corsica. It was originally published in Levanto's 'Specchio del Mare', one of the earliest Italian printed maritime atlases, in 1644. This example was printed in Coronelli's 'Isolario', apparently unaltered despite being over fifty years old.


Stock ID : 7408