La China

Una piccola mappa della Cina pubblicata in De Chevigny, ' La scienza delle persone di corte, di spada, e di toga, del signore di Chevigni, accresciuta di vari trattati da H. P. De Limiers dottore di legge, ed arricchita di molte figure in rame ' (Venezia: Stamperia Baglioni, 1720). Questa carta segue l'opera originale del 1710 di Chevingny e De L'Isle, pubblicata da Chatelain ad Amsterdam. Appare più grossolana dell'originale, ad esempio i nomi dei mari sono stati scritti in caratteri tipografici normali, trascurando l'elegante carattere corsivo usato da Delisle nel 1710. Sono stati inoltre introdotti alcuni errori di ortografia: ' TOKIEU ' invece di ' FOKIEN ' per la provincia del Fujian e Koan f. (nell'originale era Hoam Flu.) per il Fiume Giallo. Il successo dell'opera enciclopedico-didattica di Sieur de Chevigny (Amsterdam, 1707) convinse un editore veneziano a pubblicare una traduzione italiana di Selvaggio Canturani, corredata da carte geografiche che compaiono nella seconda edizione attribuita al cartografo francese Guillaume Delisle. Selvaggio Canturani era lo pseudonimo abituale di un teologo veneziano, Arcangelo Agostini (1660 ca. - 1746), noto soprattutto per le sue traduzioni dal francese. La Stamperia Baglioni di Venezia fu fondata nel 1598 da Tommaso Baglioni, che pubblicò le opere di Galileo Galilei, e continuò la sua attività editoriale senza interruzioni fino al 1850. Nel 1717 la famiglia Baglioni entrò a far parte del patriziato di Venezia, un esempio unico di questa onorificenza concessa a semplici stampatori, anche se non erano più percepiti come artigiani ma piuttosto come capi di imprese commerciali. La ditta Baglioni pubblicò ristampe nel 1734 e nel 1742, e un'altra edizione fu stampata a Napoli nel 1782 dall'editore Cervone, con una diversa calcografia. “This map and a later print in 1725 follows the original 1710 work. It appears coarser than the original, for example, the names of the seas were written in normal typographical characters, neglecting the elegant cursive typeface used by Delisle in 1710 for the seas. It also introduced some spelling mistakes: TOKIEU instead of FOKIEN for the province of Fujian and Koan f. (in the original it was Hoam Flu.) for the Yellow River. The success of Sieur de Chevigny's encyclopaedic-didactic work (Amsterdam, 1707) convinced a Venice publisher to bring out an Italian translation by Selvag- gio Canturani, accompanied by maps that appear in the second edition attribut- ed to the French cartographer Guillaume Delisle. Selvaggio Canturani was the usual pseudonym used by a Venetian theologian, Arcangelo Agostini (c.1660-1746), best known for his translations from French. The Stamperia Baglioni (Baglioni Firm) in Venice was founded in 1598 by Tom- maso Baglioni, who published the works of Galileo Galilei, and the firm contin- ued its publishing activities without interruption until 1850. In 1717 the Baglioni family became part of the patriciate of Venice, a unique example of this honour being given to simple printers, even though they were no longer perceived as artisans but rather as heads of commercial enterprises (Infelise 1991, 133-6; CERL Thesaurus, cni00061673). The Baglioni firm published reprints in 1734 and 1742, and another edition was printed in Naples in 1782 by the publisher Cervone, with a different copperplate.“ (Caboara "Regnum Chinae", p. 455) Acquaforte, finemente colorata a mano, buono stato di conservazione. ' Bibliografia: Caboara "Regnum Chinae", pp. 455-456, n. 117. A small map of China published in De Chevigny, ' La scienza delle persone di corte, di spada, e di toga, del signore di Chevigni, accresciuta di vari trattati da H. P. De Limiers dottore di legge, ed arricchita di molte figure in rame ' (Venice: Stamperia Baglioni, 1720). This map follows the original 1710 work by Chevingny and De L’Isle, published by Chatelain in Amsterdam. It appears coarser than the original, for example, the names of the seas were written in normal typographical characters, neglecting the elegant cursive typeface used by Delisle in 1710 for the seas. It also introduced some spelling mistakes: ' TOKIEU ' instead of ' FOKIEN ' for the province of Fujian and Koan f. (in the original it was Hoam Flu.) for the Yellow River. The success of Sieur de Chevigny's encyclopaedic-didactic work (Amsterdam, 1707) convinced a Venice publisher to bring out an Italian translation by Selvaggio Canturani, accompanied by maps that appear in the second edition attributed to the French cartographer Guillaume Delisle. Selvaggio Canturani was the usual pseudonym used by a Venetian theologian, Arcangelo Agostini (c.1660-1746), best known for his translations from French. The Stamperia Baglioni (Baglioni Firm) in Venice was founded in 1598 by Tommaso Baglioni, who published the works of Galileo Galilei, and the firm continued its publishing activities without interruption until 1850. In 1717 the Baglioni family became part of the patriciate of Venice, a unique example of this honour being given to simple printers, even though they were no longer perceived as artisans but rather as heads of commercial enterprises. The Baglioni firm published reprints in 1734 and 1742, and another edition was printed in Naples in 1782 by the publisher Cervone, with a different copperplate. “This map and a later print in 1725 follows the original 1710 work. It appears coarser than the original, for example, the names of the seas were written in normal typographical characters, neglecting the elegant cursive typeface used by Delisle in 1710 for the seas. It also introduced some spelling mistakes: TOKIEU instead of FOKIEN for the province of Fujian and Koan f. (in the original it was Hoam Flu.) for the Yellow River. The success of Sieur de Chevigny's encyclopaedic-didactic work (Amsterdam, 1707) convinced a Venice publisher to bring out an Italian translation by Selvag- gio Canturani, accompanied by maps that appear in the second edition attribut- ed to the French cartographer Guillaume Delisle. Selvaggio Canturani was the usual pseudonym used by a Venetian theologian, Arcangelo Agostini (c.1660-1746), best known for his translations from French The Stamperia Baglioni (Baglioni Firm) in Venice was founded in 1598 by Tom- maso Baglioni, who published the works of Galileo Galilei, and the firm contin- ued its publishing activities without interruption until 1850. In 1717 the Baglioni family became part of the patriciate of Venice, a unique example of this honour being given to simple printers, even though they were no longer perceived as artisans but rather as heads of commercial enterprises (Infelise 1991, 133-6; CERL Thesaurus, cni00061673). The Baglioni firm published reprints in 1734 and 1742, and another edition was printed in Naples in 1782 by the publisher Cervone, with a different copperplate.“ (Caboara "Regnum Chinae", p. 455) Copperplate, fine later hand colour, good condition. ' Bibliografia: Caboara "Regnum Chinae", pp. 455-456, n. 117. Cfr.