1772 – G. A. R. Zannoni – Vindes Joseph Alexandre Jablonowski

Title:              “A Son Altesse le Prince Prusse Vindes Joseph Alexandre Jablonowski Chevalier des ordres du St Esprit, de St Michel et de St Hubert Palatin de Nowogrod des Académies Royales des Sciences et des Belles Lettres de Paris et des premières Sociétés Littéraires de l’Europe”​
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Description:

This is very rare copper engraved dedication from Rizzi Zannoni to Duke Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski, a major magnate and statesman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Governor of Navahrudak , historian, bibliographer, heraldist, patron, etc. Under Jabłonowski’s supervision and with his financial support, the Italian cartographer Giovanni Antonio Rizzi-Zannoni created the famous Carte de la Pologne using materials from Jabłonowski’s collection. The map was issued in Paris as an atlas in 1772. It is the first detailed, large-scale map of Poland before the partitions of 1772, 1793, and 1795 and shows the territories of present-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus and western parts of Russia.

The engraving comes from the atlas “Carte de la Pologne divisée par provinces et palatinats et subdivisée par districts : construite d’aprés quantité d’arpentages d’observations et de mesures prises sur les lieux : dediée à sont altesse le Prince Prusse-Vindes Joseph Alexandre Jablonowski palatin de Nowogrod, Chevalier des Ordres du St. Esprit, de L’Aigle blanc et de St. Hubert, associé á l’Academie R[oya]le des Sciences de Paris / par… J. A. B. Rizzi Zannoni de l’Academie R[oya] “, published in Paris, 1772.

Cartographer:     Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni (1736 – 1814)

Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski (1711-1777)

Sheet size:            39,8 x 30,0 cm
Year:                       1772
Technique:           copper engraving

Condition:
Good condition. Watermarked paper. Slight 8cm tear on right side.
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This is an original antique map published in 1772 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request we will provide a Certificate of Authenticity.