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Carte de L'Empire D'Alemagne avec les Etats de Boheme.
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http://www.geographicus.com/mm5/cartographers/zannoni.txt
Title
Carte de L'Empire D'Alemagne avec les Etats de Boheme.
Description
English: A rare compete example of Rizzi-Zannoni's decorative four panel map of the German Empire and Poland. Covers from Jutland to the Gulf of Venice and from England to Poland. Offers excellent detail throughout showing mountains, rivers, forests, national boundaries, regional boundaries, forts, and cities. A large decorative title cartouche depicting the janiform Eagle of Deutschland appears in the lower left quadrant. The upper left quadrant bears a secondary cartouche and dedication. Each of the four maps measures 12.5 x 17.5 inches - size below represents a composite. This unusual map takes on a dramatic aspect when framed and presented as a four part whole. Drawn by Rizzi-Zannon c. 1775 for issue as plate no. 14 - 17 in Jean Lattre's 1776 edition of the Atlas Moderne .
Date 1775 (undated)
Dimensions height: 25 in (63.5 cm); width: 38 in (96.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,25U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,38U218593
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Geographicus link: GermanEmpire-zannoni-1775
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Lattre, Jean, Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre, c. 1775.

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