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1861 Dufour Map of Switzerland and Northern Italy

SuisseNordItalie-dufour-1860
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1861 Dufour Map of Switzerland and Northern Italy

SuisseNordItalie-dufour-1860


Title


Suisse et Nord de l'Italie.
  1861 (dated)     23 x 31 in (58.42 x 78.74 cm)     1 : 716900

Description


This is an uncommon 1861 elephant folio map of Switzerland and northern Italy by A. H. Dufour. It depicts Switzerland in its entirety as well as the northern part of Italy including the territories of Piedmont and Lombardy. Throughout, the map identifies various cities, towns, rivers and an assortment of additional topographical details.

After the creation of a federal constitution in 1848, Switzerland underwent a rapid social and economic development. The cantonal currencies were replaced by a single currency (the Swiss Frank) and many of the cantons subsequently established representative governments and instituted freedom of the press and trade.

As this map went to presses Giuseppe Garibaldi and his Red Shirts led the drive for Italian unification. On March 17, 1861, the Sardinian government led by the Count of Cavour finally declared a united Italian Kingdom. Italy would not be fully united until the Franco-Prussia War forced France to abandon its support of the Papal States in 1870. The Province of Venetia would remain under Austrian control until the Austro-Prussian War or the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866, when it would be ceded to the Kingdom of Italy.

This map was prepared by Auguste-Henri Dufour and engraved by Charles Dyonette for publication plate no. 23 in Armand Le Chevalier's 1860 edition of Atlas Universel, Physique, Historique et Politique de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne.

CartographerS


Adolphe Hippolyte Dufour (1795 - 1865), also known as Auguste-Henri Dufour, was a Paris based map and atlas publisher active in the middle to late 19th century. Dufour claimed to be a student of another French cartographer, Emile Lapie. He is known to have worked with numerous other French cartographers, publishers, and engravers of the period including Andriveau-Goujon, Charles Dyonnet, and Duvotenay. His corpus includes numerous maps and atlases, the most striking of which is probably his monumental elephant folio Atlas Universel Physique, Historique et Politique Geographie Ancienne et Moderne. Dufour's student and successor was Alexandre Vuillemin. More by this mapmaker...


Charles Dyonnet (fl. c. 1822 - c. 1880) was an extremely active Paris based engraver working in the mid to late 19th century. From his offices at 220 Rue St. Jacques, Paris, Dyonnet engraved numerous maps for many of the most prominent 19th French cartographic publishers including Vuillemin, Dufour, Fremin and Duvotenay. From 1850-1861, he held the coveted position of "Graveur du Dépot de la Marine," and in this position engraved numerous French naval and military maps. Dyonnet had a detail oriented and aesthetically minded hand and is responsible from some of the most beautiful French maps to emerge during the 19th century. Learn More...

Source


Chevalier, A., Atlas Universel, Physique, Historique et Politique de Geographie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris 1860.     The 19th century French cartographer Auguste-Henri Dufour began publishing the dramatic elephant folio Atlas Universel, also occasionally titled Grand Atlas Universal, around 1855. Several editions appeared between its initial publication in the 1850s and a final run c. 1870. The 1863 and 1864 editions in particular are highly desirable among collectors because the United States and North America maps illustrate the proposed, but unrealized, state of Corona (roughly modern day Utah). The atlas contained roughly 40 maps, most of which were engraved by Louis Antoine (the maps) and Deletre (typography) under the supervision of Charles Dyonnet, official engraver of the Depot de la Marine. The Atlas Universal was published in Paris and edited by the firm of 'Paulin et le Chevalier,' 60 Rue Richelieu.

Condition


Very good. Minor wear along original fold lines. Minor spotting at places.

References


Rumsey 5020.027.