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The Mapping of North America

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This copperplate engraving is a fine example of the school of prints known loosely as ‘Vue d’Optique’. They are most easily recognised by there consistent dimensions and style with notable blue wash skies. They are a form of perspective view which were popular during the eighteenth century in Europe. They were designed to be viewed through an optical device known as a ‘zograscope’ or ‘optique’, and were issued by many different publishers in various cities. This one is by Paul-Andre Basset who is part of an extensive family of print publishers in Paris. It is a fine bird’s-eye view of the Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome and is much the same today as it is in the view.
BASSET, Paul-Andre

Place de la Basilique de Saint Jean de Latran Mere et chef de toutes les Eglises de Rome

Paris, c.1760
280 x 420 mm., in early wash colour, light dirt to some of the margins otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 7384
£ 125
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