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Giuseppe Maria Terreni - Antique Print - View of Potosi - Bolivia - Giuseppe Maria Terreni - America. This wonderful engraving ”Veduta della città, e della Montagna del Potosi.” (View of Potosí, including its mountain.) originates from ”ll Gazzettiere americano contenente un distinto ragguaglio di tutte le parti del Nuovo Mondo della loro situazione, clima, terreno, prodotti, stato antico e moderno, merci...” (”The American Gazetteer containing a distinct account of all parts of the New World their situation, climate, terrain, produce, ancient and modern state, commodities...”), Italian edition published in Livorno by Marco Coltellini, 1763. The work included prints of America's native mammals and birds, as well as scenes of building and manufacture, commerce (of indigo, tobacco, sugar), birds eye views of towns and city plans of the Americas and Colonies. View of Potosi, Bolivia. Shows city and mountainous vicinity, including buildings and roads, topography and vegetation, with figures in the foreground, providing scale. Relief shown pictorially. The reverse side is blank. This engraving is printed on laid paper with wide margins. This is an original print, not a modern reproduction.