Art

Printed as if on an unrolled scroll. Compass rose at lower left hand corner. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th century atlases. He drew on the work of other cartographers- such as Captain Cook, for his maps of New Zealand and Australia, Robert de Vaugondy, Bellin, and developed his own distinctive elegant style. Size: 420 x 330 mm. (16½ x13 inches) Copper engraving. Original colour. Fine condition, good margins.