1700 Petrini Map of the British Isles (unrecorded first state)
Inghilterra-petrini-1700$2,000.00
Title
L'Inghilterra Divisa in sette Regni quarttro de Sassoni e'tre dell' Inglesi, et il Principato di Galles, ciascuno diviso ne loro Shire, overo Contadi. La Scotia Regno diviso in due parte principali, di qua'e di la del Tay, overo ne due Regni, dei Pitti, e de Scoti. L'Irlanda Regno diviso in quattro Provincie, e queste ne suoi Contadi..
1700 (undated) 22 x 17.5 in (55.88 x 44.45 cm)
1700 (undated) 22 x 17.5 in (55.88 x 44.45 cm)
Description
This is the unrecorded first state of Paolo Petrini's c. 1700 map of the British Isles, including England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The engraving here is so fresh and the strike so early, that the plate haze and text guidelines remain visible.
Coverage embraces the British Isles in full, along with parts of adjacent Normandy. Towns and cities are named with counties broken out, though only Ireland's counties are highlighted with color. Coding indicates the episcopal sees of bishops (single cross) and archbishops (double cross).
A Closer Look
The work credits the cartography to Guillaume Sanson (1633 - 1703), son of the legendary French cartographer Nicolas Sanson, but may have been received through the intermediary of Roman publisher Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola (1643 - 1695), who issued a British Isles map with a similar title.Coverage embraces the British Isles in full, along with parts of adjacent Normandy. Towns and cities are named with counties broken out, though only Ireland's counties are highlighted with color. Coding indicates the episcopal sees of bishops (single cross) and archbishops (double cross).
Publication History and Census
This map was printed in Naples by Paolo Petrini. We are aware of two states. The present first state, without descriptive text in the cartouche, and a second state with the text. All examples of Petrini's work are obscenely rare, and this early, likely proof state, even more so as it is the only known example.Cartographer
Paolo Petrini (c. 1670 - 1722) was an Italian bookseller, engraver, and publisher active in Naples at the turn of the 18th century. He was not primarily a cartographer, but rather a publisher and engraver, and as such his maps are cartographically derivative of Nicolas (1600 - 1667), Guillaume Sanson (1633 - 1703), Nicolas De Fer (1646 - 1720), and Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola (1643 - 1695). He issued allegorical prints (many made after Painter Luca Giordano), a handful of wall maps, and his supremely rare 1700 atlas, Atlante Partenopeo. At some point in his career in or after 1700, Petrini received an Privilege, a kind of early copyright, likely from Philip V of Spain, who was the King of Naples. After his death in 1722, the firm was taken over by his son, Michele Angelo Petrini, who reissued some of his works. Little else is known of Petrini, whose life is as obscure as his works are rare. More by this mapmaker...
Source
Petrini, P., Atlante Partenopeo, (Naples: Stamperiào San Biagio) 1700 - 17..
Condition
Very good. Some wear on the original fold lines. Some marginal foxing.