Novae Urbis Delineatio
| Reference: | S40244 |
| Author | Francesco SCOTO |
| Year: | 1650 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 180 x 145 mm |
| Reference: | S40244 |
| Author | Francesco SCOTO |
| Year: | 1650 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 180 x 145 mm |
Description
An oblique projection map of the city taken from the Roman edition of the "Itinerario, overo nova descrittione de' viaggi principali d'Italia [...] di Francesco Scoto" published for the first time in 1650 by Filippo de Rossi, one of the sons of Giuseppe de Rossi, founder of the great family of Roman publishers.
The plates of the Roman edition (made with new copper plates) were reprinted in the following editions - increased - by the publishers Michelangelo and Pier Vincenzo de Rossi (1669, 1700 and 1717) and then in those edited by Fausto Amidei, a book merchant at the Corso, who had the first of his three editions of the Itinerario d'Italia by Francesco Scoto printed by Antonio de Rossi in 1737.
The others were in 1747 in the printing house of Bernabò and Lazzarini and in 1761 in the printing house of Generoso Salomoni.
Despite its reduced format, this map is very faithful to the truth in the representation of many buildings and updated in its contents. Piazza Navona in fact stands out with the obelisk found in the Circo di Massenzio and erected during the pontificate of Innocenzo X at the centre of the Fountain of the Rivers by Bernini, inaugurated in 1651, but evidently already under construction in 1650. The church of Sant'Agnese in Agone (1652/57) and the colonnade of San Pietro (1656/57) are missing [cf. Marigliani p. 208].
Copper engraving, in excellent condition.
Bibliografia
Scaccia Scarafoni (1939): n. 188 (nota); Arrigoni Bertarelli (1930): n. 138; Marigliani (2007): p. 208, n. 112.
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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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