Early 19th century plan showing the defences of Genoa
LUFFMAN, John.
Genoa. Engrav'd for Luffman's Select Plans. Genoa, a fine City & Port in the Gulph of the same name in the Mediterranean Sea. Lat, 44,30 N. Long 8,51 East from London.
London: Luffman, 1801. 135 x 160mm.
Paper lightly toned.
Plan of Genoa's harbour, published in Luffman's 'Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbours, Forts &c. in the World'. The Ligurian Republic had been a French Protectorate since 1797 and was to be annexed in 1805: Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' starts with the sentence: 'Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes'.
Stock ID : 13158
£120
£120
Early 19th century plan showing the defences of Genoa
LUFFMAN, John.
Genoa. Engrav'd for Luffman's Select Plans. Genoa, a fine City & Port in the Gulph of the same name in the Mediterranean Sea. Lat, 44,30 N. Long 8,51 East from London.
London: Luffman, 1801. 135 x 160mm.
Paper lightly toned.
Plan of Genoa's harbour, published in Luffman's 'Select Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbours, Forts &c. in the World'. The Ligurian Republic had been a French Protectorate since 1797 and was to be annexed in 1805: Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' starts with the sentence: 'Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes'.
Stock ID : 13158
£120
£120