Map of the Island of Capri, in the Gulf of Naples. [Numbered key to top left for 12 points of interest.] Plate 20, Vol. 4.
E. Gullan, sculp. No.22, of R.Ackermann's Repository of Arts, &c. Pub. Octr. 1, 1810, at 101, Strand, London. Engraving with added hand colour. 146 x 234mm. 5¾ x 9¼". Toning and tears around the edges. A map of the Italian island, Capri, in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula. Ackermann's Repository of Arts was an illustrated, British periodical published from 1809-1829 by Rudolph Ackermann. The formal title of the publication was "Respository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it did cover all of these fields. At the time, it was considered to be of great influence to the English taste in fashion, architecture, and literature.
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