DATE: 1778MAP #: 278Z5
CARTOGRAPHER : ZATTA, ANTONIO
SHORT TITLE : IL MARYLAND, IL JERSEY MERIDIONALE, LA DELAWARE,
REMAINING TITLE & ID : E LA PARTE ORIENTALE DELLA VIRGINIA, E CAROLINA SETTENTRIONALE. (ABOVE NEAT LINE AT TOP). "FOGL. VIII" (AT TOP LEFT, LEFT OF AND ABOVE TITLE). LONGITUDE (PROBABLY EAST FROM FERRO, TOP AND BOTTOM BORDERS). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).
THIS IS ONE SHEET OF TWELVE THAT MAKE UP THE FIRST ITALIAN EDITION OF THE JOHN MITCHELL MAP OF 1755 (SEE MAP # 255M5). THIS EDITION WAS NOT ATTRIBUTED TO MITCHELL. SOME SHEETS HAVE INSETS AND SMALLER MAPS ATTACHED, ALTHOUGH SHEET VIII DOES NOT. MUCH OF THE MITCHELL REPRESENTATION OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY REFLECTS THE FRY AND JEFFERSON PRESENTATION.
THE MAP ALSO APPEARED AS SHEET VIII OF TWELVE SHEETS IN ZATTA'S ATLANTE NOVISSIMO, VENEZIA, 1779-85, VOL. 1, NO. 56-57. THE MAP WAS REISSUED IN A SECOND EDITION IN 11791, WITH THE DATE SO CHANGED. "CON PRIVILEGIO DELL ECCELLENTISSIMO SENATO" IS DELETED. IT WAS IN ZATTA'S ATLANTE NOVISSIMO, VENEZIA, 1779-85, VOL. 4, NO. 27-38.
DATA IS FROM STEPHENSON, SELLERS & VAN EE, AND FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.
EDITION & STATE INFO : SEE MAP # 255M5 FOR A LISTING OF THE EDITIONS AND STATES OF THE JOHN MITCHELL MAP OF 1755. THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS HAD 3 COPIES OF THE MAP DESCRIBED HEREIN, ALL OF WHICH ARE IDENTICAL EXCEPT AS TO WATERMARK ON THE PAPER. ONE COPY (MSA SC1399-54)) HAS THREE HALF MOONS (OR BLOCK Cs) ABOVE A BLOCK "FA". THE DUPLICATE COPY (MSA SC1399-51) HAS A WATERMARK WHICH IS INDISTINGUISHABLE. THIS COPY WAS DESCRIBED BY THE DEALER AS COMING FROM ATLANTIC NOVISSIMO DATED 1779. THE PRESSING WOULD INDICATE WEAR MARKS VERSUS THE OTHER COPY, WHICH SUGGESTS A LATER DATE. HOWEVER, NO PLATE DIFFERENCES WERE OBSERVED AND THE TWO COPIES WERE FROM THE SAME ENGRAVING.
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NOTES THAT THERE ARE TWO EDITIONS OF THE 12 SHEET MAP SET FROM WHICH THIS IS TAKEN. THE CHANGE IS ONLY IN THE TITLE, WHICH IS NOT ON MAP # VIII. THE TWO EDITIONS OF THE 12 SHEET SET ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1ST ED. - (1778) - THIS IS THE FIRST ITALIAN EDITION OF THE JOHN MITCHELL MAP OF 1755 (SEE MAP # 255M5). THE MAP IS ENTITLED "LE COLONIE UNITE DELL' AMERICA SETTENTRLE." DI NOUVA PROJEZIONE A S.S.E.E. LI SIGNORI RIFORMATORI DELLO STUDIO DI PADOVA. VENEZIA, 1778. PRESSO ANTONIO ZATTA CON PRIVILEGIO DELL' ECCELLENTISSIMO SENATO. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COPY IS IN 13 SHEETS, LETTERED "a" THROUGH "m", BUT THE MAP COMPRISES ONLY 10 OF THE 13 SHEETS. THE TITLE SHEET IS "k". SOME SHEETS HAVE INSETS AND SMALLER MAPS ATTACHED AND SEVERAL HAVE BEEN ANNOTATED WITH SCALES AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES. THE COPIES IN RAYNAL'S STORIA DELL' AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE IN 1778 AND IN ZATTA'S ATLANTE NOVISSIMO IN 1779 AND 1785 ARE IN 12 SHEETS. THE MAP DESCRIBED HEREIN IS PART OF THIS EDITION.
2ND ED. - (1791) - THIS IS THE SECOND ITALIAN EDITION OF THE MITCHELL MAP OF 1755, AND IT APPEARED IN VOLUME 4 OF ZATTA'S ATLANTE NOVISSIMO, PLATES 27-38. THE TITLE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO DELETE "CON PRIVILEGIO DELL' EXCELLENTISSIMO SENATO" AND THE IMPRINT DATE CHANGED TO 1791.
DATA IS FROM STEPHENSON, SELLERS & VAN EE AND FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATION.
HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS TWO COPIES OF THE MAP DESCRIBED HEREIN. BOTH ARE IN OUTLINE COLORING, WHICH IS IDENTICAL AS TO COLORING. THE FIRST HAS AN ACQ. # OF BB023-DLD AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-54. THE SECOND ONE HAS AN ACQ. # OF A025-HEG AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-51. IN ADDITION, THE COLLECTION HAS A GOOD COPY OF THE 2ND FRENCH EDITION, 2ND IMPRESSION, WITH AN ACQ. # OF C018-RG2 AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-32. THE MAP IS IN ORIGINAL OUTLINE COLOR ON 8 SHEETS, EACH DIVIDED INTO 12 SMALLER ONES AND MOUNTED ON LINEN. THIS MAP IS ON INDEFINITE EXHIBITION IN THE TREATY OF PARIS ROOM AT THE STATE HOUSE IN ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND. (SEE MAP # 256L7).
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March 12, 1991
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