Planisfero del Mondo Vecchio, Descritto dal P. Coronelli, Cosmografo Publico

Circular map of the eastern hemisphere by Coronelli. With decorative borders including signs of the zodiac. From Atlante Veneto.

Small tear in lower white margin backed. Very good condition.

Vincenzo Coronelli, a Franciscan priest lived most of his life in Venice and was born 1650. He was well known because of his mathematician and geographical knowledge and became the greatest Italian cartographer of the late 17th century. He published a large two volume Atlante Veneto and became Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic. He also produced large celestial and terrestrial globes. He died in 1718.