Lot N. 7
Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650 - 1718)
Messina Colle Nuove Fortificazioni Doppo l'Anno 1677
Descritta e Dedicata All'Illustrissimo, et Eccellentissimo Sig, Giuseppe Bonvicini Patrizio Veneto Dal P. Cosmografo Coronelli.
Double-page etching, coloured, with passe-partout, depicting the perspective plan of the city of Messina with the port and canals; present magnificent figurative cartouche with heraldic weapon of the dedicatee and underlying aedicula with title and dedication, central compass rose and metric scale with ornaments
matrix 46x62.5 cm, passe-partout 63x80 cm