ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL LONDON ENGLAND 1754 SALMON ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW OF ST. PAUL CATHEDRAL'S ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED VIEW ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL LONDON ENGLAND 1754 SALMON ? Original Title: Varii Prospetti della Chiesa di S. Paolo in Londra. Striking and highly detailed interesting 1754 Thomas Salmon's copper engraved plate, incuding on one sheet, three views of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England, United Kingdom. Several inhabitants adorn the view. Plate taken from "Lo stato presente di tutti i paesi e popoli del mondo naturale, politico e morale con nuove osservazioni degli antichi e moderni viaggiatori. Scritto in inglese dal signor Salmon. Tradotto in Ollandese, e Francese, Tedescho ed ora in Italiano. In Venezia, Presso Giambattista Albrizzi MDCCXXXVII-MDCCLVI (1737-66)". The work - in twenty-seven volumes - whose original title was Modern history, or the present state of all nations, was translated from English and printed in Venice by Albrizzi in the space of several years; it traces a historical analysis of the nations of the world, enriched by the geographical and artistic description of the cities. Inside there are precious copper engravings that depict the territory, views and monuments. Commonly the plates are attributed to Salmon because the volumes of Albrizzi are the translation in work that appeared between 1725 and 1739 in London in 32 volumes. However, the maps in the work are the same that Albrizzi used for his Atlante Novissimo, che contiene tutte le parti del mondo from 1740 (volume 1) - 1750 (volume 2), derived from the works of Guillaulme de L'Isle and Iasaak Tirion. The same perspective plans and views contained in Lo stato presente di tutti i paesi e popoli del mondo are also to be assigned to Albrizzi as editor. The author was particularly proud of this series because this was "the first travel book [.] that has proposed for its purpose the truth and not the wonder. The fortune of the publication was so striking that "when I arrived to publish just the eighth volume, I soon found myself, due to a lucky outcome, without any copies". Giambattista Albrizzi is part of a family of printers and publishers of Venice from Bergamo. Start of printing was in the last decades of the seventeenth century, Girolamo Albrizzi was succeeded by his son Giambattista, particularly active in the twenty years 1730-50. He gave great impetus to the art printing Venetian, linking its name to a series of magnificent editions, which earned him the collaboration of the best designers and engravers of the time: Piazzetta, Zanetti, Pitteri and Bartolozzi. Date: 1754 ( undated ) Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 37,4 x 19,6 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Paper with chains. Map uncolored. Good margins. Small foxing. Sheet folded. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Mapmaker: Thomas Salmon (1679–1767) was an English historical and geographical writer. Born at Meppershall in Bedfordshire, and baptised there on 2 February 1679, was son of Thomas Salmon, by his wife Katherine, daughter of John Bradshaw; Nathanael Salmon was his elder brother. William Cole wrote that he wrote much of his work in Cambridge, where he ran a coffee house, and then moved to London. He told Cole that he had spent time at sea, and in both the East and West Indies for some time. He also travelled in Europe. In 1739–40 Salmon accompanied George Anson on his voyage round the world. He died on 20 January 1767.