Patria del Friuli olim Forum Iulii
| Reference: | S32406 |
| Author | Giovanni Antonio MAGINI |
| Year: | 1598 ca. |
| Zone: | Friuli |
| Printed: | Bologna |
| Measures: | 455 x 355 mm |
€4,500.00
| Reference: | S32406 |
| Author | Giovanni Antonio MAGINI |
| Year: | 1598 ca. |
| Zone: | Friuli |
| Printed: | Bologna |
| Measures: | 455 x 355 mm |
€4,500.00
Description
- TIRATURA ORIGINALE di G. A. MAGINI, prima del cartiglio in basso a sinistra -
Prima, rarissima, versione della carta dell Friuli del Magini, antecedente alla versione successivamente publicata postuma dal figlio Fabio nel 'L’Italia di Giovanni Antonio Magini', stampato per la prima volta a Bologna nel 1620.
Tutte le carte dell’atlante vennero alle stampe prima del 1620, nelle loro stesure provvisorie, che successivamente furono corrette ed aggiornate per l’edizione definitiva.
Tali prove sono rarissime, talvolta si trovano occasionalmente negli atlanti fattizi di alcune biblioteche, e presentano differenze sostanziali con quelle poi incluse nell’atlante. La differenza maggiore in questa mappa consiste nella mancanza del cartiglio, che verrà poi inserito in basso a sinistra. Il cartiglio contiene la dedica di Fabio Magini.
Come giustamente osserva Almagià, la carta, seppur basata sui prodotti anteriori di Giovanni Andrea Vavvassore, Paolo Forlani e Donato Bertelli, è "esempio di una carta derivante da molte diverse fonti, sia edite che inedite, e rappresenta perciò il prodotto di un lavoro personale di compilazione, di coordinamento e di vaglio, che viene a conferire alla carta stessa il carattere e il valore di un prodotto originale".
Nel cartiglio in alto a destra il titolo Patria del FRIULI olim FORUM IULII. In basso a sinistra la scala grafica Scala di Miglia dieci (10 miglia pari a mm 45). Orientazione nei quattro lati al centro con il nome dei punti cardinali Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens, il nord in alto. Graduazione ai margini di 1’ in 1’ da 45° 30’ a 46° 35’ 30’’ di latitudine, e da 34° 37’ a 36° 35’ 15’’ di longitudine.
Incisione in rame, leggere tracce di colla alla piega centrale, nel complesso in ottimo stato di conservazione. RARISSIMA.
Bibliografia
Almagià (1948): pp. Vii-131; Cucagna (1964): pp. 213-220; Lago-Rossit (1988): vol. II, pp. 13-19, Tav. LXXXIII; Lago (1989): p. 271, n. 190; Marinelli (1881): p. 146, n. 703; Selva (2108): pp. 136-139, Tavv- 25-25a.
Giovanni Antonio MAGINI (1555 - 1617)
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Giovanni Antonio Magini was born in Padua in 1555, dedicating himself to the study of astronomy from an early age. In 1588 the Senate of Bologna appointed him Lecturer of Astronomy at the local University, choosing him instead of Galileo Galilei. His friendship with the Duke of Mantua, Vincenzo Gonzaga, helped Magini in his quest to obtain cartographical material for map-making from the various sovereigns ruling the different Italian states at that time. Because of Magini's early death in 1617, this effort was made famous by his son Fabio when he published the atlas "L'Italia" in Bologna in 1620. This is the first example of an Italian atlas and is made up of 24 pages of descriptive text and 61 maps of the Italian peninsula. Although this work was published posthumously, it can be entirely ascribed to Magini. He began drawing this maps around 1594, with the one depicting Bologna and its surrounding territories being the first. They were all printed before 1620 in draft editions which were then revised and updated for the final version. These draft proofs are extremely rare, although sometimes available for sale, and exhibit substantial differences in respect to the maps finally included in the atlas. Two of the most famous engravers of the time, Arnoldo Arnoldi and the englishman Benjamin Wright, were entrusted by Magini to engrave the plates. As we shall see in the presentation of the separate maps, they derive from different sources, both known and unknown, and therefore represent the result of an original work of critical analysis and compilation. This atlas had an important influence on the cartography of the italian peninsula for the following two centuries, beginning from Ortelius and going on to the principal dutch cartographers and editors.
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Giovanni Antonio MAGINI (1555 - 1617)
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Giovanni Antonio Magini was born in Padua in 1555, dedicating himself to the study of astronomy from an early age. In 1588 the Senate of Bologna appointed him Lecturer of Astronomy at the local University, choosing him instead of Galileo Galilei. His friendship with the Duke of Mantua, Vincenzo Gonzaga, helped Magini in his quest to obtain cartographical material for map-making from the various sovereigns ruling the different Italian states at that time. Because of Magini's early death in 1617, this effort was made famous by his son Fabio when he published the atlas "L'Italia" in Bologna in 1620. This is the first example of an Italian atlas and is made up of 24 pages of descriptive text and 61 maps of the Italian peninsula. Although this work was published posthumously, it can be entirely ascribed to Magini. He began drawing this maps around 1594, with the one depicting Bologna and its surrounding territories being the first. They were all printed before 1620 in draft editions which were then revised and updated for the final version. These draft proofs are extremely rare, although sometimes available for sale, and exhibit substantial differences in respect to the maps finally included in the atlas. Two of the most famous engravers of the time, Arnoldo Arnoldi and the englishman Benjamin Wright, were entrusted by Magini to engrave the plates. As we shall see in the presentation of the separate maps, they derive from different sources, both known and unknown, and therefore represent the result of an original work of critical analysis and compilation. This atlas had an important influence on the cartography of the italian peninsula for the following two centuries, beginning from Ortelius and going on to the principal dutch cartographers and editors.
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