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Italia
| Reference: | S51135 |
| Author | Francesco SCOTO |
| Year: | 1660 |
| Zone: | Italy |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 333 x 255 mm |
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| Reference: | S51135 |
| Author | Francesco SCOTO |
| Year: | 1660 |
| Zone: | Italy |
| Printed: | London |
| Measures: | 333 x 255 mm |
Description
Beautiful and decorative map of Italy from the English translation of Franciscus Schottus (Scotus)'s book Italy, in Its Original Glory, Ruine, and Revival, in its first English edition edited by Edmund Warcupp, printed in London by S. Griffin and H. Twyford in 1660.
This is a cartographic plate from the Baroque period, used to illustrate the urban layout of cities. The central map shows the Adriatic Sea (indicated as the "Gulf of Venice"), surrounded by bird's-eye views of the major Italian cities of the time: Venice, Padua, Verona, Brescia, Milan, Mantua, Genoa, Siena, Ancona, Ferrara, Florence, and Parma. Rome was depicted in the other plate illustrating the publication.
Etching, magnificent coloration, in perfect condition.
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Franz Schott, Italianate as Francis Scot, was a native of Antwerp. Jurist and a great traveler, brother of the famous Andreas, a Jesuit philologist and antiquarian, wrote "Itinerario overo decrittione de' viaggi principali in Italia". The work appeared for the first time, written in Latin, in Antwerp in 1600 (Itinerarium Italiae), on the occasion of the Jubilee, to be used by pilgrims on their way to Italy. The work was subsequently published in numerous editions in Latin, Italian, French and English. The Itinerary of Italy Schott is the expression of a particular form of travel writing that, in the multiplicity and diversity of its manifestations, embraces all those texts that take on the character guide for the trip and offer as a tool aimed at guiding the traveler in its path.
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Franz Schott, Italianate as Francis Scot, was a native of Antwerp. Jurist and a great traveler, brother of the famous Andreas, a Jesuit philologist and antiquarian, wrote "Itinerario overo decrittione de' viaggi principali in Italia". The work appeared for the first time, written in Latin, in Antwerp in 1600 (Itinerarium Italiae), on the occasion of the Jubilee, to be used by pilgrims on their way to Italy. The work was subsequently published in numerous editions in Latin, Italian, French and English. The Itinerary of Italy Schott is the expression of a particular form of travel writing that, in the multiplicity and diversity of its manifestations, embraces all those texts that take on the character guide for the trip and offer as a tool aimed at guiding the traveler in its path.
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