PARTE SEPTENTRIO DEL REGNO DI NAPOLI THE NAPLES REGION OF ITALY BY GILLES ROBERT DE VAUGONDY DE VAUGONDY'S MAPS WERE REPRODUCED THROUGHOUT THE 18th CENTURY. THIS SCARCE EDITION WAS PUBLISHED BY THE BROTHERS TERRES IN NAPLES c1794 THIS COPPER ENGRAVED MAP IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A CLEAR IMPRESSION AND HAND COLOUR. THERE ARE TWO FEINT FOLD CREASES AS PUBLISHED. THE MAP MEASURES APPROX 7.5 x 6.25 ins (19 x 16 cms) PLUS MARGINS. THIS IS A GENUINE ANTIQUE MAP OVER 220 YEARS OLD GILLES ROBERT DE VAUGONDY (1688-1766) WAS A PROLIFIC MAPMAKER WORKING IN PARIS. HE WAS RELATED TO THE SANSON FAMILY OF MAPMAKERS AND BASED A LOT OF HIS MAPS ON THEIR WORK.
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