Roux, Joseph
1780

Roux antique port plan of Livorno, Italy

Livourne

DESCRIPTION: Attractive, antique nautical chart / port plan of the town and harbor of Livorno ("Livourne"), Italy on the Ligurisn Sea, southwest of Pisa. Variant edition Plate 24 published from Livorno by Meucci in the "Recueil Des Principaux Plans des Ports et Rades de la Mer Méditerranée, Estraits de ma carte en Douze Feüilles Dediée à Mons. Le Duc de Choiseul Ministre de la guerre et de la Marine …" .

Original copperplate-engraved nautical port plan with depth soundings by Joseph Roux includes the town of Livorno surrounded by double Vauban-style defensive walls; the darce, or interior shipping basin; the Capucine; a lighthouse or signal tower ("fanal"); the "Tours de la Marsoque"; and "Maison de Sante".

Joseph Roux Sr. (1725-1793) was a French cartographer and hydrographer who lived in Marseille. The Roux family, with Roux's son Jospeh Jr. and grandson Antoine Roux, was involved in marine cartography and marine painting from Marseille into the mid-19th century.

CREATOR: Roux, Joseph

PUBLICATION DATE: 1780

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Greece

BODY OF WATER: Mediterranean

CONDITION: Very good. Clean on heavy wove paper. Strong impression and plate mark.

COLORING: Attractive old hand color.

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SIZE: 8 " x 5 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 4

PRICE: $165

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