Italy - Bologna; Zuccagni Orlandini - Pianta della Città di Bologna - 1821-1850

Dimensions: 34,5 x 52,5 cm. (on sheet: 43,5 x 61 cm) Condition: very good Verso: blank. Mapmaker: Zuccagni Orlandini Publisher: Stanghi / Maina. Firenze. Note: from "Corografia fisica storica e statististica dell'Italia...." Born Giuseppe Orlandini , he took the name of his maternal uncle, the botanist Attilio Zuccagni , when he died leaving him his heir, in 1807. Having graduated in medicine at the University of Pisa , and after having undertaken long journeys, in Italy and abroad, he returned to Florence to direct a private institute and dedicate himself to the world of education. He soon dedicated himself to the study of cartography and geography . In this context he began his most famous and complex works, such as the monumental compilations relating to the physical-historical-statistical Chorography of Italy

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