L’Impero del Giapon

A beautifully engraved map of Japan. The cartouche shows plants, pots and a parasol. 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

In very good condition but with previously repaired worm holes on the centre fold