Hispaniae nova descriptio
| Reference: | S27503 |
| Author | Matteo FLORIMI |
| Year: | 1600 ca. |
| Zone: | Iberia |
| Printed: | Siene |
| Measures: | 475 x 355 mm |
€700.00
| Reference: | S27503 |
| Author | Matteo FLORIMI |
| Year: | 1600 ca. |
| Zone: | Iberia |
| Printed: | Siene |
| Measures: | 475 x 355 mm |
€700.00
Description
In the ornate cartouche at the bottom right, we find the title: HISPANIAE nova descriptio. In the smallest cartouche at the bottom left we find the metric scales: Scala di Miglia Italiane 90 (90 miles, equal to 50 mm) and Scala leucarum 30 (30 leagues, equal to 60 mm). Orientation in the four sides in the center with the name of the cardinal points: Septentrio, Meridies, Oriens, Occidens, north is at the top. Graduation in the margins of 10' in 10', from 34° 30' to 44° 42' of latitude and from 10° to 26° 12' (from 9° 10' to 26° 55' top side) of longitude.
Anonymous map, without date and editorial indications. It is a faithful derivation of the Regni Hispaniae Postomnivm Editiones Locvpletissima Descriptio by Abraham Ortelius published for the first time in Antwerp in 1570. Although unsigned, the map is attributed to the typography of Matteo Florimi. The plate appears engraved by the Flemish engraver Arnoldo di Arnoldi, who was already working for Giovanni Antonio Magini. The period of collaboration between Florimi and Arnoldi can be traced back to the years 1600-1602 and he produced a fair number of maps.
Good impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, light oxidation, perfectly executed restorations at the edge right side and lower right, overall in good condition.
Very rare work, registered for only 5 institutional examples according Bifolco-Ronca (cf. Cartografia e Topografia Italiana del XVI secolo, p. 1194).
Bibliografia
Bifolco-Ronca, Cartografia e Topografia Italiana del XVI secolo (2018), tav. 470; H.A.M. van der Heijden, Matteo Florimi (+1613) – Landkarten und Stadtplanverleger in Siena, in “Florilegium Cartographicum”, Lipsia (1993): n. 9; Hernando Rica (1995): p. 79.
Matteo FLORIMI (Polistena 1540 circa - Siena 1613)
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Print and book dealer and publisher, from Calabria. He came to Siena c.1581.Shop in Banchi. The first evidence of his independent activity is of 1589. In 1591 he published a book of patterns for lace, The Fiori di ricami, in Venice, and in 1593 a second edition in Siena.
In 1597 he published the Life of St Catherine, engraved by De Jode after Vanni, and the Passion of Christ by De Jode after Andrea Boscoli. He published a large number of maps and figural prints are mostly religious. He employed engravers of the calibre of Agostino Carracci, Cornelis Galle, Pieter de Jode Villamena and Thomassin, among others.
He commissioned drawings from Andrea Boscoli. He had a particularly close relationship with Vanni. In the years 1605-8, Florimi received financial support from Ottavio Cinuzzi.
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Matteo FLORIMI (Polistena 1540 circa - Siena 1613)
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Print and book dealer and publisher, from Calabria. He came to Siena c.1581.Shop in Banchi. The first evidence of his independent activity is of 1589. In 1591 he published a book of patterns for lace, The Fiori di ricami, in Venice, and in 1593 a second edition in Siena.
In 1597 he published the Life of St Catherine, engraved by De Jode after Vanni, and the Passion of Christ by De Jode after Andrea Boscoli. He published a large number of maps and figural prints are mostly religious. He employed engravers of the calibre of Agostino Carracci, Cornelis Galle, Pieter de Jode Villamena and Thomassin, among others.
He commissioned drawings from Andrea Boscoli. He had a particularly close relationship with Vanni. In the years 1605-8, Florimi received financial support from Ottavio Cinuzzi.
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