Mar Mediterraneo - Elba Island (Livorno); T. Salmon / G. Albrizzi - La Fortezza di Portolongone nello Stato de' Presidj - 1751-1760
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A hand-coloured aquatint engraving on laid paper, 11 x 18 cm, titled La Fortezza di Portolongone nello Stato de' Presidj, by T. Salmon / G. Albrizzi, from Volume XXI of Lo Stato presente di tutti i Paesi, e Popoli del Mondo Naturale, Politico e Morale, Venezia 1757, depicting the fortress of Portolongone on Elba Island in the Mar Mediterraneo; condition Excellent.
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The Portolongone Fortress in the State of the Presidj
From: "The Present State of all the Countries, and Peoples of the Natural, Political and Moral World with new observations and corrections by the Ancient and Modern Travellers [...]" by Thomas Salmon.
Volume XXI, In Venice, at the Giambattista Albrizzi Printing House
MDCCLVII (1757)
Beautiful bird’s-eye view of the fortress "Spanish" of Portolongone on the island of Elba, theater of fierce clashes between the French and the Spanish, but also between England and Holland, in that State of the Presidios desired by Philip II of Spain to control maritime traffic toward the south.
Etching and engraving on laid paper, watermark-less, verso blank, sporadic traces of oxidation, margins sufficient, fine inking underscored by the delicately modern pastel coloring.
dim.: 11x18 cm the print image
Seller's Story
I am a restorer and classical philologist, owner of a gallery located in Piazza Farnese in Rome, specializing in cartography: maps and rare views, nautical charts, health certificates, but also graphic works, postcards, curiosities...
Translated by Google TranslateThe Portolongone Fortress in the State of the Presidj
From: "The Present State of all the Countries, and Peoples of the Natural, Political and Moral World with new observations and corrections by the Ancient and Modern Travellers [...]" by Thomas Salmon.
Volume XXI, In Venice, at the Giambattista Albrizzi Printing House
MDCCLVII (1757)
Beautiful bird’s-eye view of the fortress "Spanish" of Portolongone on the island of Elba, theater of fierce clashes between the French and the Spanish, but also between England and Holland, in that State of the Presidios desired by Philip II of Spain to control maritime traffic toward the south.
Etching and engraving on laid paper, watermark-less, verso blank, sporadic traces of oxidation, margins sufficient, fine inking underscored by the delicately modern pastel coloring.
dim.: 11x18 cm the print image
Seller's Story
I am a restorer and classical philologist, owner of a gallery located in Piazza Farnese in Rome, specializing in cartography: maps and rare views, nautical charts, health certificates, but also graphic works, postcards, curiosities...
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Era
1400-1900
Number of objects
1
Country
Mar Mediterraneo
Geographical specification
Elba Island (Livorno)
Map maker/publisher
T. Salmon / G. Albrizzi
Map/book title
La Fortezza di Portolongone nello Stato de' Presidj
Period
1751-1760
Condition
Excellent
Technique
Etching
Additional Information
1757
Map colour
Later hand colour
Height
11 cm
Width
18 cm
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