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1. Add MS 63590 A-C

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Add MS 63590 A-C
Title:
MALTA: presentation plans of actual and proposed fortifications in Valletta and its vicinity [by Antoine Maurizio, Count Valperga]; circa 1671. French. All show pinmarks to guide copyists. For Valperga's proposals, see Alison Hoppen, The Fortification of Malta by the Order of St. John 1530-1798 (Edinburgh, 1979), pp. 56-58, 65, 79-83, 90-95, 102, 118-119. The three plans were originally part of the Louvois Atlas (Add. 64108, 64109), prepared for François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois...
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Maps and Plans: Island of Malta: Antoine Maurizio Valperga, Count: Valetta, Malta: Three plans of fortifications in and around Valletta by Antoine Maurizio Valperga: circa 1671: Fr: Map scale 1:13920; 6960.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1671
Extent:
3 items

2. Add MS 63590 A

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Add MS 63590 A
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Scope & Content:
A. 'Plan General de Malte' [sic, but actually only Valletta, Three Cities and Isoletto]. Scale [approx. 1:13920]. South-west at top. Ornate baroque cartouche with scale bar (= 280mm.), but no measurement given. Existing buildings (as on the two other plans) shown in red with proposed additions i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1671
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 63590 B

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Add MS 63590 B
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B. 'Malte. premiere partie' [i.e. Coradino to Ricasoli]. Scale 1:6960 [scale bar of 300 toises = 840mm.]. North-west at top. Compass rose. 8 ornamental ships. Old folio number '128'. With explanatory table for numbering of 63590 B and C on verso. circa 1671 Ink, watercolour and gold paint on p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1671
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 63590 C

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Add MS 63590 C
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Scope & Content:
C. 'Malte. 2o partie' [i.e. Valletta, Floriana and Isoletto]. Scale 1:6960 [scale bar of 300 toises = 840mm.]. South-east at top. Compass rose. 12 ornamental ships. Unlike 63590 A, it does not show proposed urban development inside the walls of Floriana. Old folio number '129'. circa 1671 Ink,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1671
Extent:
1 item

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