1696 Coronelli Antique Maps 24 Globe Gores & 2 Calottes Start Price USD 85,000.00 Current Price USD 85,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, October 06, 2008 End Time Thursday, October 16, 2008 Location Successful Worldwide Shipping From Melbourne, See more about '1696 Coronelli Antique Maps 24 Globe Gores & 2 Calottes' Description Helpful Links:Company Details - About MEPayment & Shipping Options View seller's other itemsCartographer's ProfileAsk Seller a questionReturn PolicyAbout Classical Images We have over 2,000 items for sale on our Ebay stores site. Please click here to enter the stores and use the search engine to the left to search specifically for maps, prints, Atlases on the Classical Images Stores, thank you Click Here       Dal P. Coronelli Due Gran Globi....Per L'Accademia Cosmografica Degli Argonauti...l'anno MDCLXXXVIII in Venezia click image to enlarge click image to enlarge               24 globe gores, 2 Polar Calottes, Vincenzo Coronelli (1688) - These original antique 24 Globe Gores and 2 Polar Calottes were engraved in 1688 - date engraved in title cartouche - and published by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli in the 1697 edition of Libero dei Globi Venice. (Gore #4 of India from Coronelli Atlas Isalario, and gore #8 has been trimmed to the plate-mark (17 1/4in x 11in). All other gores measure 19 1/2in x 14in (495mm x 355mm). The two Polar Calottes measure 19 3/4in x 15 3/4in (500mm x 400mm). Condition overall is fine, fold repair to North Pole Collette, hand written notations on verso of #8. All blank verso except # 4 text to verso. These original globe gores are in magnificent condition printed on heavy, fresh and clean paper. The impression is heavy and plate-marks distinct. 12 of the gores contain the triple Crescent Moon water-mark as well as others appropriate for the               click image to enlarge                      period. The top image above show the gores complete, the second image show the gores matched in position. Please email or call me if you have any questions. In the early 1680’s Vincenzo Coronelli constructed two vast globes for Louis XIV of France - one Terrestrial & the other Celestial – which were over 15ft in diameter. These were meticulously hand drawn & coloured. Such was the admiration of the Globes that in 1688 Coronelli began the engraving & publication of 12 full length Globe Gores - stretching Pole to Pole - including 2 Polar Calottes, for the construction of two 110cm (42in) Terrestrial & Celestial globes. Coronellis claim to have produced the best globes of any age was exemplified by the high demand and purchase of the Globes by various institutions & cities within Europe. Yet many scholars still did not have the opportunity to visit Paris, London, Rome or Venice to view them and so Coronelli devised his famous Libero dei Globithe first atlas of globe gores ever produced.Published in 1697 the atlas contained records of all Coronellis globes from the largest 110cm (42in) to the smallest 5cm (2in). The Gores from the 42in Globes were re-engraved into 24 sheets by Coronelli to fit within the large folio atlas. The Libro formed part of a great series of atlases, the Atlante Veneto, and so Coronelli was able to combine the two cartographic art forms in which he excelled, maps & globes. The engraving of the gores was of the highest standard with neat contrasting lettering and five large cartouches of a singular grace and elegance. One cartouche situated below Australia carries a portrait of the author and Pope Alexander VI. Some of the more interesting features contained within the Gores are the recording of recent French explorations in North America, such as La Salles journey to the mouth of the Mississippi in 1681-87 & the French possessions within North America. Elsewhere the Caspian Sea is drawn closer to its modern shape, the Nile in Africa is shown without its fictitious source and the Blue Nile is shown correctly from a large lake in Ethiopia. The tracks of Le Maire crossing of the Pacific in 1616 are marked, as is the voyage of Chaumont to Siam in 1685-6. There are an unusual number of legends, all explanatory and informative along with many vignettes of ships and fishing scenes throughout the globe.  These magnificent globe gores are fantastic and inspired Rodney Shirley to note, "the engraving and design throughout is of the highest standard with neat contrasting lettering and five large cartouches of singular grace and elegance....Coronelli seems to have sought to omit nothing that might be of interest to geographers, navigators and explorers". (Ref: Shirley 538; Tooley; Dr. Helen Wallis The Map Collector Dec 1980) Please note all items auctioned are genuine, we do not sell reproductions. A Certificate of Authenticity (COA) can be issued on request.    Condition Report General Description:Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stablePaper color: - whiteAge of map color: - Colors used: - General color appearance: - Paper size: - See description aboveMargins: - min. 1/4in (5mm)Imperfections:Margins: - See abovePlate area: - See aboveVerso: - See aboveOverall Quality (in Bold):Perfect/Fine/Very Good/Good/Fair/Poor    Vincenzo Maria Coronelli 1650-1718 Ordained as a Franciscan priest, Coronelli spent most of his life in Venice, becoming a noted theologian and being appointed, in 1699, Father General of his order. By that time he was already famous as a mathematician, cartographer and globe maker and his influence led to a revival of interest in these subjects in Italy at the end of the seventeenth century. He was certainly the greatest cartographer of his time there and became Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic, taught geography in the University and, in i68o, founded the first geographical society, the 'Academia Cosmografica degli Argonauti'. In his lifetime he compiled and engraved over 500 maps including a large 2-volume work, the Atlante Veneto, somewhat reminiscent of Robert Dudley's Dell' Arcano del Mare; he is equally well known for his construction of very large terrestrial and celestial globes even finer than those of Blaeu, including one, 15 feet in diameter, made for Louis XIV of France.    Payment Methods Direct Bank Transfers only for this purchase, please Australian buyers please add 10% GST    Shipping WorldwideAustralia Air Mail Courier1 Courier2* Express Insurance N/A $75.00 US N/A   2.75% min $6.00 US       $15.00 US 2.75% min $4.00 US *Courier #2: Available for all items 11in x 8 1/2in (280mm x 215mm) or smaller flat or folded along original folds Airmail shipping from Australia to Europe or the US takes approx. 5-7 days. EMS courier will take 3-5 days. There will be only one shipping charge per 10 maps or prints purchased. 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