- Title: Stato di Milano e Provincie Confinanti dalla Parte Orientale & c.
- Author: Giulio Carlo Frattino
- Date: 1703
- Medium: Copperplate engraving
- Condition: Very Good Plus - minor foxing, light wear along issued center fold, horizontal creases in left and right margins
- Inches: 24 1/2 x 17 1/4 [Image]
- Centimeters: 62.23 x 43.82 [Image]
This finely crafted map presents a comprehensive view of the State of Milan—then a prominent political entity in Northern Italy—and its neighboring eastern provinces. During the early 18th century, Milan and its territories were of enormous strategic, economic, and administrative importance, situated at the crossroads of Spanish and later Austrian influence.
"Reader, If in this Chart you do not see all the small places outlined, know that the intention has been to put the most important ones under your eyes for now with the Streets, and Rivers to give you then to see in detail in another more widespread drawing what is missing at the present, and live happily..."
Background on Creator
There is no substantive information available regarding Giulio Carlo Frattino’s life or career as a mapmaker.