Città di Vercelli
| Reference: | S2175 |
| Author | Johannes BLAEU |
| Year: | 1668 ca. |
| Zone: | Vercelli |
| Printed: | The Hague |
| Measures: | 590 x 510 mm |
€450.00
| Reference: | S2175 |
| Author | Johannes BLAEU |
| Year: | 1668 ca. |
| Zone: | Vercelli |
| Printed: | The Hague |
| Measures: | 590 x 510 mm |
€450.00
Description
Pianta prospettica della città tratta dall'edizione del 1725 de "Il Theatrum Statuum Sabaudiae", raccolta in immagini delle dimore, chiese, luoghi, facenti parte del dominio dei Savoia alla fine del XVII secolo.
Impresa editoriale senza precedenti e iniziativa promozionale ante-litteram, il Theatrum Statuum Regiae Celsitudinis Sabaudiae Ducis, Pedemontii Principis, Cypri Regis fu il risultato dell'ambizioso progetto intrapreso dal duca Carlo Emanuele II di Savoia negli anni sessanta del Seicento, perseguito sino al compimento negli anni ottanta dalla duchessa reggente Maria Giovanna Battista di Savoia Nemours.
L'opera fu stampata per la prima volta nel 1668 ad Amsterdam, presso la tipografia Blaeu e successivamnete ristampata dalla tipografia Mortier fino al 1725. La pubblicazione è nata sicuramente come manifesto politico del duca di Savoia, per far conoscere alla comunità a alle corti europee il livello raggiunto dai suoi possedimenti.
Costituito da due grandi volumi, il Theatrum contiene 145 tavole, con commenti in lingua latina, relative alle città ed alle terre del Ducato, che all'epoca comprendeva Piemonte, Valle d'Aosta, Savoia, Liguria e Nizza marittima. Il primo volume contiene carte geografiche, ritratti, dediche, e vedute della capitale, con piazze, edifici civili e religiosi, ville e castelli, e strutture di difesa dello Stato. Seguivano le immagini delle certose e delle abbazie.
Il secondo volume presentava le vedute delle principali città del ducato, le terre della Savoia, del Vercellese e delle altre zone che lo componevano.
Incisione in rame, in perfette condizioni.
Johannes BLAEU (Alkmaar 1596 circa - Amsterdam 1663)
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Joan Blaeu was the eldest son of Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), and was probably born in Alkmaar in the province of Noord-Holland in the final years of the 16th century. He was brought up in Amsterdam, and studied law at the University of Leiden before going into partnership with his father in the 1630s. He became chief cartographer to the Dutch East India Company from 1638, and from 1651 to 1672 he served on the Amsterdam City Council without a break, holding several public offices. He also invested in Dutch colonial interests in North America. Joan Blaeu main work was Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (or Atlas Maior as it had became known.) Atlas had expanded to between 9 and 12 volumes, depending on the language. With over 3,000 text pages and approximately 600 maps, it was the most expensive book money could buy in the later 17th century. In 1638 Willem Blaeu died and the business passed into the hands of his sons, Joan and Cornelis, who continued and expanded their father's ambitious plans. After the death of Cornelis, Joan directed the work alone and the whole series of 6 volumes was eventually completed about 1655. As soon as it was finished he began the preparation of the even larger work, the Atlas Major, which reached publication in 1662 in II volumes (later editions in 9-12 volumes) and contained nearly 6oo double-page maps and 3,000 pages of text. This was, and indeed remains, the most magnificent work of its kind ever produced; perhaps its geographical content was not as up-to-date or as accurate as its author could have wished, but any deficiencies in that direction were more than compensated for by the fine engraving and colouring, the elaborate cartouches and pictorial and heraldic detail and especially the splendid calligraphy. In 1672 a disastrous fire destroyed Blaeu's printing house in the Gravenstraat and a year afterwards Joan Blaeu died. The firm's surviving stocks of plates and maps were gradually dispersed, some of the plates being bought by F. de Wit and Schenk and Valck, before final closure in about 1695.
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Johannes BLAEU (Alkmaar 1596 circa - Amsterdam 1663)
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Joan Blaeu was the eldest son of Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), and was probably born in Alkmaar in the province of Noord-Holland in the final years of the 16th century. He was brought up in Amsterdam, and studied law at the University of Leiden before going into partnership with his father in the 1630s. He became chief cartographer to the Dutch East India Company from 1638, and from 1651 to 1672 he served on the Amsterdam City Council without a break, holding several public offices. He also invested in Dutch colonial interests in North America. Joan Blaeu main work was Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (or Atlas Maior as it had became known.) Atlas had expanded to between 9 and 12 volumes, depending on the language. With over 3,000 text pages and approximately 600 maps, it was the most expensive book money could buy in the later 17th century. In 1638 Willem Blaeu died and the business passed into the hands of his sons, Joan and Cornelis, who continued and expanded their father's ambitious plans. After the death of Cornelis, Joan directed the work alone and the whole series of 6 volumes was eventually completed about 1655. As soon as it was finished he began the preparation of the even larger work, the Atlas Major, which reached publication in 1662 in II volumes (later editions in 9-12 volumes) and contained nearly 6oo double-page maps and 3,000 pages of text. This was, and indeed remains, the most magnificent work of its kind ever produced; perhaps its geographical content was not as up-to-date or as accurate as its author could have wished, but any deficiencies in that direction were more than compensated for by the fine engraving and colouring, the elaborate cartouches and pictorial and heraldic detail and especially the splendid calligraphy. In 1672 a disastrous fire destroyed Blaeu's printing house in the Gravenstraat and a year afterwards Joan Blaeu died. The firm's surviving stocks of plates and maps were gradually dispersed, some of the plates being bought by F. de Wit and Schenk and Valck, before final closure in about 1695.
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