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CORONELLI, V.M. - Marcomania hoggidi Merchesato de Moravia. . .

CORONELLI, V.M. -  Marcomania hoggidi Merchesato de Moravia. . .
CORONELLI, V.M. - Marcomania hoggidi Merchesato de Moravia. . .
Published: Venice, 1696
Size: 450 x 610mm.
Color: Uncoloured.
Condition: Very strong impression. Some very minor marginal spotting and light discolouration of center fold. In very good condition.

Description

Although Komensky's map of Moravia was already known in his time, Coronelli used the obsolete map by Fabricius, with a lot of locations added by the publisher's unchained imagination. The scale is about 1:350 000.
The map is a rarity in that it gives the names of localities in several different languages. For example, the Olomouc entry says in seven lines: Olmütz A., Olomoniec Pol., Holomaucz Mor., Olomutium L., Eburum, Episc: sotto l'Arciu di Praga gia Metropoli della Moravia. The Brno entry says: Brin, Brun A., Brno B., Bruna L., Brinnum L., Dichiatata Metrop. della Moravia 1642. Thus the names of towns are given in Latin - L., B. (Bohemian) which is incorrectly listed in the legend as Bulgarian, German - A., Polish - Pol., and, Moravian - M.

The remarkable Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718), encyclopaedist, geographer, inventor and Doctor of Theology, was citizen of the Republic of Venice. He was also one of the most prominent mapmakers and publishers in Europe of his day.
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