Ancient map of Padua by Giovanni Valle Giustinopolitano from the 18th century

Zatta Antonio Paduan by Giovanni Valle Giustinopolitano, Venice 1784 An enchanting and detailed geographical map of the territory of Padua taken from the monumental work Atlante Novissimo, illustrated and supplemented with observations and discoveries made by the most famous and contemporary geographers, by Antonio Zatta, published in four volumes, with maps of the entire world, between 1775–1785 at the Remondini printing house in Venice. In the upper left corner, in an elegant cartouche of rustic character, which departs from the Renaissance reminiscences of previous cartographers, is the title "Il Padovano di Giovanni Valle Giustinopolitano di Nuova Projezione", followed by the publisher's signature Antonio Zatta and the date 1784. Beyond the graduated margin, the directions of the world are indicated, and in the lower left corner is the engraver's signature G. Zuliani inc. and on the right, the designer G. Pitteri wrote. The title emphasizes that the cartographic source Zatta used in creating the map is the model of Giovanni Valle.

The beautiful map is oriented so that north is at the top and in a rather innovative way presents only the area of Padua, with the bordering provinces marked in large letters (Trentino at the top, Vicenza on the left, and Polesine di Rovigo at the bottom), but without providing their characteristics or geographical representation; This allowed, combined with the coloring of the contours of the internal divisions, to focus attention on the actual subject of the map.

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