1832 Delamarche Map of Northern Italy and Corsica

ItalyN-d-32
$160.00
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1832 Delamarche Map of Northern Italy and Corsica

ItalyN-d-32

$160.00

Title


Italie Septentrionale Divisee en ses differens Etats.
  1832     11 x 16 in (27.94 x 40.64 cm)

Description


This hand colored map is a copper plate engraving, dating to 1832 by the well known French mapmaker Delamarche. It is a representation of Northern Italy and Corsica. Depicts the region in considerable detail and indicates the various duchies such as Toscane (Tuscany or Toscano), Parme (Parma), Lombardy, etc…

Cartographer


Charles-François Delamarche (August 1740 - October 31, 1817) founded the important and prolific Paris-based Maison Delamarche map publishing firm in the late 18th century. A lawyer by trade, Delamarche entered the map business with the 1787 acquisition from Jean-Baptiste Fortin of Robert de Vaugondy's map plates and copyrights. Delamarche appears to have been of dubious moral character. In 1795, the widow of Didier Robert de Vaugondy, Marie Louise Rosalie Dangy, petitioned a public committee for 1500 livres, which should have been awarded to her deceased husband. However, Delamarche, proclaiming himself Vaugondy's heir, filed a simultaneous petition and walked away with the funds, most of which he was instructed to distribute to Robert de Vaugondy's widow and children. Just a few months later, however, Delamarche proclaimed Marie Dangy deceased, and it is highly unlikely that any funds found their way to Robert de Vaugondy's impoverished daughters. Nonetheless, where Robert de Vaugondy could barely make ends meet as a geographer, Delamarche prospered as a map publisher, acquiring most of the work of earlier generation cartographers Lattre, Bonne, Desnos, and Janvier, thus expanding significantly upon the Robert de Vaugondy stock. Charles Delamarche eventually passed control of the firm to his son Felix Delamarche (c. 1750 - c. 1850) and geographer Charles Dien (1809 - 1870). It was later passed on to Alexandre Delamarche, who revised and reissued several Delamarche publications in the mid-19th century. The firm continued to publish maps and globes until the middle part of the 19th century. More by this mapmaker...

Condition


This map is in fine or perfect condition.