Prospettiva della Bellissima Citta di Fiorenza, Metropoli del Gran Duca di Toscana

Reference: S32411
Author Giuseppe LONGHI
Year: 1680 ca.
Zone: Florence
Printed: Bologna
Measures: 810 x 320 mm
€3,800.00

Reference: S32411
Author Giuseppe LONGHI
Year: 1680 ca.
Zone: Florence
Printed: Bologna
Measures: 810 x 320 mm
€3,800.00

Description

Etching and engraving, circa 1665, signed in plate in the cartouche with dedication in the center.

Published in Bologna by the typography Longhi.

Giuseppe Longhi was an active printer and publisher, also known for a rich production of books.

His large views of Italian cities are also very famous. They were drawn following the iconographic model of Dutch panoramas from the beginning of the 17th century and integrated with a figurative decoration typical of the Dutch cartography of Blaeu, Janssonius and Visscher.

 

Beautiful proof, printed from 4 branches, some paper creases and restoration at lower right, with partial loss of the text of the legend, otherwise in excellent condition. Very Rare.

Literature

Ganado (1994) vol. III, n. 124.

Giuseppe LONGHI

Gioseppe (Giuseppe) Longhi was an engraver in Bologna, who was active between 1670 and 1690. He is perhaps best known in cartographic circles as the publisher of a 12 sheet Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula (known in 3 examples), issued in about 1680, which is based upon Frederick De Wit's World Map of 1660 (Shirley 471. See also, Cartographic Treasures of the Newberry Library, October 10, 2001 - January 19, 2002 exhibition catalogue). Longhi also issued a copy of Matthaus Greutter's 12-sheet wall map of Italy in 1676 and is known to have engraved 4 sheet views of Vienna, Prague, Genoa, Venice, Naples and Bologna, based upon the work of earlier Dutch engravers. Longhi was likely associated with Pietro Todeschi, who was active in Bologna from 1670 to 1690.

Literature

Ganado (1994) vol. III, n. 124.

Giuseppe LONGHI

Gioseppe (Giuseppe) Longhi was an engraver in Bologna, who was active between 1670 and 1690. He is perhaps best known in cartographic circles as the publisher of a 12 sheet Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula (known in 3 examples), issued in about 1680, which is based upon Frederick De Wit's World Map of 1660 (Shirley 471. See also, Cartographic Treasures of the Newberry Library, October 10, 2001 - January 19, 2002 exhibition catalogue). Longhi also issued a copy of Matthaus Greutter's 12-sheet wall map of Italy in 1676 and is known to have engraved 4 sheet views of Vienna, Prague, Genoa, Venice, Naples and Bologna, based upon the work of earlier Dutch engravers. Longhi was likely associated with Pietro Todeschi, who was active in Bologna from 1670 to 1690.