Provincia Quitensis. Societatis Iesu in America Topographica exhibita nec non A.R.P. Ignatio Vicecomiti In Comitus Generalibus Ao. 1751 | |
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| Physical Attributes |
| Technique: Copper plate engraving |
| Colour: Outline colouring plus wash on table and cartouche |
| Dimensions: 636 x 916 mm |
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| Location |
| Country: South America |
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| Production |
| Cartographer: Petroschi G, Brentano G
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| Engraver: Cigni D |
| Published by: Rome |
| Date: 1751 |
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Several marginal tears and tears extending into the image, expertly repaired on verso. The map has been backed with a thick piece of paper for support.
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An extremely rare and important map.
Drafted by Guilio Cesare Cigni and engraved by Dominico Cigni.
Printed in Rome under the supervision of the Jesuit scholar Giovanni Petroschi
Bbased on a manuscript map compiled in Quito by Carolo Brentano.
Title in cartouche continues: Topographice exhibita Nec non A.R.P. Ignatio Vicecomiti In Comitiis Generalibus A.1751. In Praepositum Generalem ejusdem Societatis electo
A PP. Carolo Brentano, et Nicolao de la Torre, prefatae Provinciae Quitensis Procuratoribus humillime dicata, postquam iisdem Comitius ipsi interfuissent.
Julius Caesar Cigni delineavit.
Ioa. Petroschi Caracteres incidit. |
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Antique Map - "Provincia Quitensis. Societatis Iesu in America Topographica exhibita nec non A.R.P. Ignatio Vicecomiti In Comitus Generalibus Ao. 1751" by D Cigni after G, Brentano G
r Petroschi published 1751 by Rome. |