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"Atlante novissimo" title-page engraving

Author: Antonio Zatta (mentioned in 1757–1797)
Created:1787
Material:paper
Technique:copper engraving
Dimensions:39 × 27 cm

Atlante novissimo, made up of four volumes, was devised as a complement to the Erdbeschreibung (a geography textbook translated into many European languages) by Anton Friedrich Büshing (17241793) and occupies a very outstanding place in the history of Italian cartography due to the decorative richness of the maps.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album LITUANIA IN ATLANTIBUS (2011). Text author Algimantas Muzikevičius