1806, Tardieu, Royaume Piémont Sardaigne, Italie, Italy, carte ancienne, antiquarian map.

Condition : very good, faint trace of central folding, minor stains to margins. A fine copy.
Illustrator / geographer : engraved by Pierre François Tardieu.
Format : 42 x 32 cm (65 x 50 cm).
Colour : hand-coloured (old).
Publisher / engraver : Paris, Pierre Gilles Chanlaire et Edme Mentelle.
Date : 1806.

Beautiful large-margin engraved double-page map, hand-coloured.

The Kingdom of Sardinia was formed from 1718-1720 to 1861, through the incorporation of Sardinia into the continental states of the House of Savoy, which extended on either side of the western Alps.

Pierre François Tardieu (1711 - 1771) belonged to a family of cartographers and engravers from the mid-to-late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was a highly regarded map engraver during his lifetime, enjoying the patronage of Alexander von Humboldt and the respect of his colleagues. He engraved a number of maps of the Americas, including Virginia and the south-east coast, Canada and the north-east of the United States, as well as several maps of European and American cities.