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Naval Battle of Ecnomus, First Punic War Fleet Plan, Rollin Atlas, 1818
£205
$275 · €245
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1818
- Technique
- Copper Engraving
- Coloring
- Uncolored
- Condition
- Good. Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Marked handling soiling along the bottom, right and top edges. Foxing over much of the margin. Complete sheet, all four corners present. Several larger brown marks.
- Collection
- Battle scenes
- Era
- 1816 to 1899, Empire and industry
- Stock no.
- BG-14399-18
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
An original copper engraving, uncolored, showing the order of battle at the naval battle of Ecnomus. It is a view rather than a map: the two fleets are drawn as rows of warships under sail, each flying a pennant, on a sea worked in close engraved strokes beneath a ruled sky with banked cloud. The Carthaginian fleet, marked 1, stretches in a long line across the upper part of the view and bends forward at the right. The Roman fleet below, marked 2, is drawn in a triangular formation with its point toward the enemy, its squadrons numbered 3 to 5, and a broad line of ships behind it marked 6 and 7. A faint coastline is drawn on the horizon at the far left.
The title below the image reads Plan du combat naval d'Ecnome. A numbered key in two columns flanks it: 1. Flotte Carthaginoise. 2. Flotte Romaine. 3. Première Escadre. 4. Seconde Escadre. and 5. Troisième Escadre. 6. Vaisseaux de charge remorqués à la 3e Escadre. 7. Quatrième Escadre. The plate is numbered Pl. 18 above the upper right corner of the image. There is no scale bar and no author or engraver line on the plate, and it is a single sheet with no center fold.
The plate comes from the Atlas de Géographie Ancienne, published in Paris in 1818 by Ledoux et Tenré and printed by Didot le jeune to accompany the works of Charles Rollin (1661 to 1741), the French historian, author of the Histoire ancienne and the Histoire romaine. Its maps are engraved after the originals of Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697 to 1782). In the foreword, signed by Ambroise Tardieu, géographe-graveur, Tardieu writes that the maps were copied with religious fidelity and that, charged with reviewing the proofs, he corrected only negligences and faults of execution. Ecnomus was a sea battle of the First Punic War, fought between Rome and Carthage off southern Sicily in 256 BC.
Condition: Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Marked handling soiling along the bottom, right and top edges. Foxing over much of the margin. Complete sheet, all four corners present. Several larger brown marks.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
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