1 map : etching ; image 15.6 x 26 cm, plate mark 18.2 x 26.9 cm, sheet 25.1 x 34
cm.
The bird's-eye view of Rome is derived from a woodcut that was issued in Sebastian
Münster's "Cosmographia" (Basel, 1550). It represents Rome as the city appeared in the
late 15th century (Frutaz, XCVIII). The relief is shown pictorially and the view is
oriented with the west at the top.
The present view has no imprint, but it was included in Giulio Ballino's "De' disegni
delle più illustri città et fortezze del mondo" (Venice : Bolognino Zaltieri, 1569). See
Frutaz.
1 map : engraving ; image 35.1 x 47.1 cm, plate mark 35.8 x 47.6 cm, sheet 37 x 48.3
cm
The plan was designed to show the fortifications constructed under Pope Paul IV to
confront the threat of an attack by Spanish troops from Naples during the 'Italian Wars'
(Guerra di Campagna) of 1556-7. The print was sometimes featured in Antonio Lafreri's
"Speculum Romane Magnificentiae." It appeared in Lafreri's 1573 stocklist and later
passed to Duchetti.
The plan is also titled: Recens rursus post omnes omnium descriptionum vrbis Romae
topographia.
See: Pagani, 'The dispersal of Lafreri's inheritance, 1581-89 - I' and 'The dispersal
of Lafreri's inheritance, 1581-89 - II Piero de Nobili', Print Quarterly xxv, 2008, pp.
3-23 and 363-93, p. 15, no. 97). See: The print collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo / Mark
McDonald. 2017.
1 map : etching ; plate mark 24.3 x 36.4 cm, sheet 29.4 x 40.5 cm
The map by an unknown printmaker is a reduced copy of Balthasar Jenichen's etched
bird's-eye view of Rome, which was published in Nuremberg. Jenichen's etching is in turn
derived from a woodcut that was issued in Sebastian Münster's "Cosmographia" (Basel,
1550), which depicts Rome as the city appeared in the late 15th century. The relief is
shown pictorially and the view is oriented with the west at the top.
The numbered key to the buildings, which appears below the image in Münster's woodcut,
appears in this view at the upper left corner.
For Münster's view, see A. Frutaz, Le piante di Roma, XCVIII. For Jenichen's view, see
Hollstein German, XVb (Jenichen 150).
1 map : etching ; image 14.5 x 26.4 cm, plate mark 16.9 x 26.7 cm, sheet 18.2 x 28.8
cm
The bird's-eye view of Rome by an unknown printmaker is in part derived from a woodcut
issued in Sebastian Münster's "Cosmographia" (Basel, 1550), which depicts Rome as the
city appeared in the late 15th century. It also features the pentagonal fortifications
around the base of Castel Sant'Angelo which were built in 1562 during the pontifical
reign of Pius IV.
See C. Scaccia-Scarafoni. Le piante di Roma, 131 (map with different dimensions). For
Münster, see A. Frutaz, Le piante di Roma, XCVIII.
1 map : etching ; image 18.5 x 26.3 cm, plate mark 18.7 x 27 cm, sheet 24.8 x 34.2
cm
The bird's-eye view of Rome was issued in Venice by the book and print dealer Donato
Bertelli, whose shop was the "Libreria al segno di San Marco" in Merzaria from 1559. The
plan is derived from the woodcut that appeared in Sebastian Münster's "Cosmographia"
(Basel, 1550), which depicts Rome as the city appeared in the late 15th century. The
relief is shown pictorially and the view is oriented with the west at the top.
For Münster's view, see A. Frutaz, Le piante di Roma, XCVIII.
1 map on 3 sheets : etching ; line border 51.1 x 94.1 cm, sheet 51.8 x 96.4 cm
The bird's-eye view is derived from Fabio Licinio's view of Rome, dated 1557. Leon
Pitor's name appears on a tablet hanging from a tree at the lower left of the plate.
According to Scaccia Scarafoni and Huelsen, Licinio's name also appears in the
composition, but it is lacking in the present copy.
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Specimen, seu, Perfecta urbis antiquae imago, [1573]
The smaller bird's-eye view of ancient Rome by Dupérac.
At lower left: STEPHANVS / DV PERAC / ARCHITEC / ... / Specimen, seu, Perfecta urbis
antiquae imago.... / At lower right, ornamented tablet with keys numbered 1 to 100 (i.e.
91) and epigram titled De vestigi[i]s urbis antiquae. Oriented with east at top. Relief
conveyed pictorially.
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Anteiquae urbis imago (Antiquae urbis imago), 1580
1 map : etching ; line border 33 x 44.3 cm, on sheet 34.5 x 45.3 cm
The plan is a bird's-eye view of ancient Rome dated 1580 and published in Venice. It is
a reissue of the plan from 1565 by Panvinio which was published in Rome. It later
appeared in Panvinio's De ludis circensibus (Venice, 1600, page 7).
In the earlier composition from 1565, the imprint following the title lists Rome as
place of publication and Pius IV as pope. See Huelsen, Frutaz.
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Antiquae urbis perfecta imago accuratissime delineate ..., MDLXXXII [1582].
1 map : etching with engraving ; single-line border 40.5 x 54 cm
The plan published by Giovanni Orlandi is a reissue of Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla's
bird's-eye view of Rome, which was published by Claude Duchet in 1582. In this
impression, Orlandi's imprint is engraved in addition to Duchet's imprint at the lower
right. Brambilla's view was itself derived from Mario Cartaro's small plan of 1575.
For an impression with variations in the wording of the publishers, see Huelsen 79. For
Cartaro's map, see Frutaz.
1 map : engraving ; plate mark 17.1 x 13.6 cm, sheet 15.5 x 18.3 cm
The bird's-eye view of Rome was published in Padua by Matteo Cadorin, whose imprint is
engraved at the lower edge of the image. It appeared in Cadorin's 1654, 1675 and 1685
editions of Francesco Scoto's Itinerario, overo, Nuova descrittione dei viaggi
principali d'Italia. See Arrigoni and Bertarelli.
1 map : etching ; line border 41.3 x 55 cm, on sheet 42.3 x 56 cm
The plan by Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla was issued several times in the 16th century.
In the 1590 publication, the title was followed by the date MDLXXXX, the index featured
125 buildings and sites, and Brambilla's name appeared at the lower right of the plan
following van Aelst's name as printer and publisher. In the reprint from 1592, the date
following the title was altered to MDLXXXXIII, the index featured five additional names
of sites and buildings, and Brambilla's name was omitted. The reprint from 1597 follows
the 1593 composition, however the date following the title was altered to MDLXXXXVII.
See Huelsen, Frutaz.
1 map : etching ; plate mark 26.3 x 38.6 cm, sheet 32.1 x 41.3 cm
Theodor de Bry's etched bird'-eye view of Rome first appeared in: II pars Romanae urbis
topographiae et antiquitatum / Jean Jacques Boissard (Frankfurt, 1597). De Bry's
initials appear at lower left of image. 125 numbered buildings and monuments are keyed
to a letterpress table beneath image, as in Frutaz, though the copy described by Hülsen
has only 114 numbers and lacks the table.
1 map : etching ; image 11.7 x 17.2 cm, plate mark 12.1 x 17.5 cm, sheet 18.8 x 13.6
cm
The plan was issued by the printmaker and publisher Francesco Bertelli who was active
in Padua and whose name is etched at the lower center of the image. It is a bird's-eye
view of Rome as the city appeared in 1599. It was published in Theatro delle città
d'Italia (Padua : Francesco Bertelli, 1629) and in the second part of Francesco Scotti's
Itinerario d'Italia (Padua : Francesco Bertelli, 1648). Its composition was copied from
the map in Theatrum urbium Italicarum (Venice : Pietro Bertelli, 1599). See Arrigoni and
Bertarelli and Frutaz.
The impression has letterpress on the verso including the page number 38.
1 map : engraving ; single-line border 37 x 51.7 cm, sheet 43 x 58 cm
The bird's-eye view of the city of Rome is oriented with the east at the top. It was
published by Matteo Florimi, a print and book dealer and publisher from Calabria who was
active in Siena. The dating of the map remains uncertain. Frutaz notes that the present
view was inspired by that of Brambilla-Van Aelst, and dates it to the last years of the
16th century. Huelsen asserts that the present view was copied from one with the same
title that bears an address that may read: Alinerii Gelli formis Romae; the latter view
was reprinted with imprint: Joan. Antonii [i.e. Giovanni Antonio Florimi] formis Romae
1600. Arrigoni and Bertarelli date the present view to around 1610.
1 map : etching ; outer line border 26 x 38.1 cm, sheet 29 x 39.9 cm
Theodor de Bry's bird's-eye view of ancient Rome first appeared in: II pars Romanae
urbis topographiae et antiquitatum / Jean Jacques Boissard (Frankfurt, 1597). See A.
Frutaz (Piante de Roma, VII), discussing de Bry's source: Fabio Calvo's Antiquae urbis
Romae cum regionibus simulachrum (Rome, 1520).
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Antiquae urbis perfecta et noua delineatio, [ca. 1600]
1 map : etching ; plate mark 39.8 x 51 cm, on sheet 40.8 x 52.4 cm
The bird's-eye view of ancient Rome is by an unknown printmaker. The composition is
partially derived from Brambilla's view of about 1575. See Huelsen and Scaccia
Scarafoni; the latter dates the present view to about 1600.
1 map : etching ; single-line border 37 x 51.5 cm on sheet 42.7 x 58.3 cm
Bird's-eye view of ancient Rome by Govert van Schayck. Scaccia Scarafoni and Frutaz
date the publication to 1620-35; this corresponds approximately to the reign of
Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor, to whose legate in Italy the view is dedicated.
1 map on 2 sheets : etching ; line border 30.3 x 70.7 cm, on sheet 32 x 74 cm
The map is a reduced copy on two sheets joined at vertical edges of Antonio Tempesta's
1593 12-sheet bird's-eye view of Rome. Etched by Matthaeus Merian the Elder, it appeared
in publications by Merian and his son Matthaeus Merian the Younger, including Martin
Zeiler's Itinerarium Italiae nov-antiquae (1640); Werdenhagen's De rebus Hanseaticis
(1641); Topographia Italiae (1688). See Frutaz, Huelsen.
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Vrbis Romae sciographia ex antiquis monumentis accuratiss[ime]
delineata, [between 1649 and
1691]
1 map on 9 sheets : engraving, etching, letterpress ; 52 x 42 cm
Étienne Dupérac's large bird's-eye view of ancient Rome was originally drawn and
engraved by him in 1574. Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi acquired the plates at the middle of
the 17th century. During his publishing activity in Rome from 1649 to 1691, he produced
two editions (the first reprinted), to one of which the present view belongs.
See Indice delle stampe de' Rossi, Frutaz.
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Vrbis Romae nouissima delineatio MDCL. [Rome] : Io. Iacobus de Rubeis excudebat
Romae ad Pacem, 1650.
1 map : etching ; plate mark 40 x 54 cm, sheet 42.2 x 54.8 cm
First published by de' Rossi in 1637, with same title except for the final date:
MDCXXXVII. See Frutaz.
Buildings and sites are partly identified on the plan, and partly keyed to 128 names in
a table below, which also contains the imprint. Frutaz states that the first 69 names in
the table are taken from Cartaro's small plan (1575), 70-121 from Brambilla-van Aelst
(1590), while the remaining 7 are new (1637).
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Descriptio vrbis Romae nouissima, A.D. MDCL. [1650]
1 map : engraving ; plate mark 38.5 x 49.3 cm, sheet 39.8 x 51.5 cm
The bird's-eye view of Rome is surrounded by depictions of the seven major churches of
the city. At foot is a view of the Holy Door being opened by a pope, flanked on the left
by a table with 52 names keyed to sites on the view, and on the right by a brief history
of the city.
The plan was drawn by Giovanni Maggi in 1599 and was first published at Rome by Lorenzo
della Vaccharia on the occasion of the Jubilee Year 1600. In this composition, the year
in the title has been altered from MDC to MDCL. See Frutaz, Huelsen.
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Roma antiqua triumphatrix ab antiquis monumentis et rerum gestarum memoriis
eruta, [17th
century]
1 map on 2 sheets : etching ; image 49.2 x 82.5 cm, on sheet 55.5 x 86.4 cm
The plan of Rome from 1668 was designed by Lieven de Cruyl and published in Paris by
the topographical engineer, cartographer, and print publisher Alexis Hubert Jaillot. It
is derived from an earlier plan by Cruyl issued in Rome in 1665 by Giovanni Battista de'
Rossi.
Full title: Plan de la ville de Rome, comme elle est apresent soubs le règne du pape
Clement IX (Plan de la ville de Rome, comme elle est à présent sous le règne du pape
Clément IX)
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Agnelli, Federico, 1626-1702, cartographer, engraver. Roma. In Bologna : Nella
stamperia del Longhi, [166-?]
La Feuille, Jacques de, 1668-, etcher, publisher. Novissima et accuratissima
delineatio Romae veteris et novae, Amstelodami : Ex officina Iocobi de la Feuille,
[169-?]
Cingolani, Giovanni Battista, cartographer. Topografia geometrica dell' Agro
romano, ouero, La misura, pianta, e quantita di tutte le tenute e casali della campagna
di Roma ... [Rome] : Si stampano in Piazza Nauona da Fulvio Paluzzi romano, l'anno
MDCLXXXXII [1692, i.e. between 1692 and 1704]
Barbey, Antonio, active 1684-1714, etcher. Nuoua pianta della città di Roma
... [Rome] : Data in luce da Domenico de Rossi, erede di Gio. Giaccomo de Rossi, dalle
sue stampe in Roma alla Pace, l'anno 1697. il di 25. Maggio.
Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720, cartographer, publisher. Roma : plan nouveau de la
ville de Rome. A Paris : Chez le Sr. de Fer dans l'Isle du palais sur le quay de
l'orloge a la sphere royale, 1713.
Plan of ancient and modern Rome. It is generally found with copies of Piranesi's
Vedute, where it serves as orienting frontispiece. The three sheets of heavy paper are
intended to be joined together to form a vertical array. Undated, but ca. 1774 rather
than 1778, the date given in Francesco Piranesi's 1792 catalog. In his Avvertimento
Piranesi refers to Clement XIV (who died in September 1774) as happily reigning, and the
plan is mentioned in a state of Piranesi's Catalogo inciso that appeared in 1774. See
Ficacci, Wilton-Ely.
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Benedetti, Ignazio, 1725-, etcher. Nuova pianta topografica della cittá de
Roma ... Roma : Presso Venanzio Monaldini in PIazza di Spagna no. 6, [177-?]
Vasi, Giuseppe, 1710-1782, cartographer, etcher, publisher. Nuova pianta di
Roma in prospettiva ... [Rome] : Si vende dal medesimo autore per paoli otto,
[1781]
Ligorio, Pirro, approximately 1513-1583. Anteiquae vrbis imago accuratissime ex
vetusteis monumenteis formata. [Rome] : Presso Giovanni Scudellari,
[1820-1830]
