Item #308 Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudicae Status in quo Ducatus Sabaudiae Principat. Pedemontium ut et Ducatys Montisferrati…. M. Piedmont/ Savoy/ Provence/ French Alps. SEUTTER.

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Richly Detailed Map of an Important Area with an Elegant Cartouche
[Augsburg, 1730]

Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudicae Status in quo Ducatus Sabaudiae Principat. Pedemontium ut et Ducatys Montisferrati….

19 ½ x 22 ½ inches. Fine original color refreshed; excellent condition.

A very attractive map of a geo-politically very important area at the time that encompasses northwestern Italy and southeastern France and includes the cities of Milan, Genoa, Turin, Nice, Grenoble as well as Monaco and the French Alps including Chamonix.  In its beautiful allegorical cartouche, putti representing Armenia, Sardinia, Jerusalem and Corsica offer crowns to a queen representing Genoa herself. Mars and Mercury attend a merchant scene, alluding to Genoa’s military and commercial power and the prosperity derived from it.

Price: $550.00