PAZZINI CARLI, VINCENZO: MAP OF THE REGION EXTENDING BETWEEN THE RIVERS DRAVA AND DANUBE AND THE ADRIATIC SEA

Inventory number 169

Original title: I paesi che sono fra il Danubio la Drava ed il Mare Adriatico

Publishing year: 1788

Place of publishing and publisher: Siena

Format: 24 x 32,5 cm

Technique: Partially coloured copper engraving

This map comes from the atlas published in Siena, in 1788, at Carlo Pazzini's printing house. It shows the region of Slavonia, Croatia, Dalmatia, Bosnia and Serbia or as stated in its title the region bounded on the north by the rivers Drava and Danube and on the south by the Adriatic Sea. According to the explanations contained in the map's legend the area coloured yellow shows the territory forming part of the Ottoman Empire, the pink area comprises regions being part of the Republic of Venice, while the territory of the Republic of Dubrovnik and the regions ruled by the Hapsburg Monarchy are coloured green. The title of the map is in the lower left corner. A mileage scale is expressed in Italian and Turkish miles. The engraver's signature saying: Ago. Costa sct.. is placed on the left-corner bottom margin.

PAZZINI, CARLO

PAZZINI CARLI, VINCENZO (1707-1769), a bookseller and publisher from Siena. He collaborated with the engraver Agostino Costa. He was interested in countries that bordered with the Ottoman Empire, including parts of the Venetian Republic, the Dubrovnik Republic and the Habsburg Monarchy. He also collaborated with Bartolomeo Borghi. He was succeeded by his two sons, who between 1798 and 1801 published the atlas Atlante geografico, containing 102 maps printed on two sheets.