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Detailed town plan of walled city of Bologna and surrounding countryside. Includes coat of arms. From the Padua edition of Francesco Scoto’s Itinerario d’Italia. Names major buildings, churches, etc. [cod.214/15]
Interesting town plan of the walled city of Bondeno from the rare Schauplatz des Krieges In Italien, Oder Accurate Beschreibung der Lombardey by Thomas Fritschen published in Leipzig in 1702.
Four curious maps on one sheet showing the detailed scene of the battle between the allied and imperial army near Bologna, Modena Mirandola and on Panaro river. Published by Homann Heirs, perhaps in composite atlases as well as in separate sheets. The titles and keys to both maps are given in German and Italian. With striking original colour.
Prospect view of Parma in Emilia Romagna from “Cosmographia Universalis” by Sebastian Munster published in Basel in 1574. At the bottom is shown the towns of Cremona and Piacenza, in the left side Reggio and Guastalla.
Uncommon map showing the duchy of Ferrara. To the south are Bologna and Ravenna and the surrounding areas. To the East is the Adriatic Sea. The central waterway is the Po river and its many tributaries. North of the Po is part of the course of the Adige river. Part of the charm of this map is that so much detail is given to the rivers which branch out like a cobweb on the map. The title cartouche is flanked by angels bearing wine and fruit. [cod.085/15]
Nice small map covering the area of parma and Piacenza in the italian region of Emilia from the Mercator Hondius “Atlas Minor” published in Amsterdam in 1648 at Jannsonius with german text on verso. In 1607 Jodocus Hondius published a reduced size version of Mercator’s “Atlas”, itself suitably titled “Atlas Minor”. [cod.228/15]
Rare copper engraving from “Nova et Accurata Italiae Hoderniae Descriptio” published in Leiden by Bonaventura e A. Elsevir in 1627. [cod.237/15]
Rare very detailed plan of Ferrara in Emilia Romagna from the Thesaurus antiquitatum et historiarum Italiae by Johann Georg Graevius published in Leida at Pieter Van der Aa in 1722.
Detailed town plan of walled city of Ferrara as surrounded by the Po River. Includes coat of arms. From the Padua edition of Francesco Scoto’s Itinerario d’Italia. Names major buildings, churches, etc. [cod.239/15]
Detailed town plan of walled city of Ferrara as surrounded by the Po River. Includes coat of arms. From the Rome edition of Francesco Scoto’s Itinerario d’Italia. Names major buildings, churches, etc. [cod.240/15]
Interesting town plan of the walled city of Ferrara from the rare Schauplatz des Krieges In Italien, Oder Accurate Beschreibung der Lombardey by Thomas Fritschen published in Leipzig in 1702.
Detailed town plan of Ferrara on Po river showing the fortified walls and important public buildings, squares, etc. Includes a key naming 33 places. From Zeiller’s “Itinerarium Italia Nova Antiqua” published by Merian in Franckfurt in 1640. Mattheus Merian was a notable Swiss engraver, born in Basle in 1593, who subsequently studied in Zurich and then moved to Frankfurt where he met Theodore de Bry, whose daughter he married in 1617. They had numerous […]
A very fine copper engraved view by H. Goltzius showing Giovanni de’ Medici defeated in Parma. Two armies fighting on a field in the foreground near Parma (visible in background).
Centred on Bologna, the map also marks Modena, Ferrara, Imola. First published in Nolin’s ‘Theatre de la Guerre en Italie’, c.1700, this comes from the third, enlarged edition of 1702, with the date erased.
Copper engraving from “Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu’ celebri e piu’ recenti cartografi” by Antonio Zatta published in Venice in 1779. Very good condition with nice and decorative original colours. [cod.904/15]
Copper engraving from: “Ausfuehrliche und Grendrichtige Beschreibung des gantzen Italieens..” by Christoff Riegel published in Franckfurt in 1692. Rare. [cod.229/15]
Interesting town plan of the walled city of Parma from the rare Schauplatz des Krieges In Italien, Oder Accurate Beschreibung der Lombardey by Thomas Fritschen published in Leipzig in 1702.
A rare and beautifully engraved and richly detailed panoramic view of Parma. With in lower part description of the city in German and Italian. Published by Engelbrecht in Augsburg in 1730. [cod.073/15]
Uncommon plan of Parma from Force d’Europe oder Die Merckwürdigst- und Fürnehmste Vestungen, Staette … in Europa, in 200 Grundrissen by Gabriel Bodenehr published in Augsburg in 1725.
Rare copper engraving by Guglielmo Silvestri published in Parma in 1790. [cod.224/15]
Veduta fantastica della citt di Ravenna tratta dal celebre “Liber Chronicarum” di Hartman Schedel pubblicato a Norimberga nel 1493. [cod.1226/15]
A very decorative map of Romagna taken from the sea showing the famous castles of the italian region on Adriatic. Drawn by Sergio Selli and published in Bologna as folding brochure in 1958.
Fine map of Bologna embellished by two cartouches. From the french edition of Atlas major published in Amsterdam in 1667. The famous Blaeu’s firm was founded in 1596 by Willem Janzoon Blaeu (1571-1638) then continued by his two sons Cornelius (1616-1648) and Johannis (1596-1673). [cod.015/15]
Really important first printed map of Ravenna. From Coronelli’s Corso Geografico Universale published in Venice in 1690. In the cartouche also contains the dedication to Fabio Guinigi dead in 1691. Embellished with fine plan of the town. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli is widely recognised as one of Italy?s most famous and greatest cartographers. He received an ecclesiastical education a … [cod.065/15]