Mar Mediterraneo - Elba Island (Livorno); T

The Portolongone Fortress in the State of the Presidj From: "The Present State of all the Countries, and Peoples of the Natural, Political and Moral World with new observations and corrections by the Ancient and Modern Travellers [...]" by Thomas Salmon. Volume XXI, In Venice, at the Giambattista Albrizzi Printing House MDCCLVII (1757) Beautiful bird’s-eye view of the fortress "Spanish" of Portolongone on the island of Elba, theater of fierce clashes between the French and the Spanish, but also between England and Holland, in that State of the Presidios desired by Philip II of Spain to control maritime traffic toward the south. Etching and engraving on laid paper, watermark-less, verso blank, sporadic traces of oxidation, margins sufficient, fine inking underscored by the delicately modern pastel coloring. dim.: 11x18 cm the print image

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