This exquisitely engraved plan of Rome was edited by Luigi Nicoletti. In addition to showing the layout of the streets, sites of interest such as the Colosseum, Pantheon, Vatican City, and Castel Sant’Angelo (or the Mausoleum of Hadrian) are located. An inset at lower right details the the area surrounding Rome. There are tables surrounding the plan including lists of key information such as the population and number of palaces, villas, gardens, and aqueducts (top left), important monuments and locations (left), the 14 rioni of Rome (center left), and the most interesting monuments in the suburbs of Rome (right). Dedicated to Giovanni Freeborn.
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Pianta di Roma
This exquisitely engraved plan of Rome was edited by Luigi Nicoletti. In addition to showing the layout of the streets, sites of interest such as the Colosseum, Pantheon, Vatican City, and Castel Sant’Angelo (or the Mausoleum of Hadrian) are located. An inset at lower right details the the area surrounding Rome. There are tables surrounding the plan including lists of key information such as the population and number of palaces, villas, gardens, and aqueducts (top left), important monuments and locations (left), the 14 rioni of Rome (center left), and the most interesting monuments in the suburbs of Rome (right). Dedicated to Giovanni Freeborn.
- Dimension: 960 x 690 mm
- Place of publication: Rome
- Year: 1858
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View of the town from “Itinerario overo decrittione de’ viaggi principali in Italia” by Francesco Scoto published in Padua by Matteo Cadorin in 1670. [cod.329/15]
- Year: 1670
- Dimension: 118 x 165 mm
- Place of publication: Padova
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A rare copper engraved panorama of Rome taken from the really uncommon “Sachsischer Postillon” a kind of historic-geographic magazine published in Vienna in 1784. At top the portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III and a key to 82 point of interest numbered on the view. The author is George Hisler (signed in the lower right) who drawn Rome in curious German stile easily visible in the shape of the roofs and bell towers. Central fold as issued. In very good condition.
- Year: 1784
- Dimension: 180 x 300 mm
- Place of publication: Vienna
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A fine and very rare view of Piazza Colonna in Rome engraved with great care by Pierre Aveline. Published in Paris in 1690. Below a key listing 4 point of interest.
Pierre Aveline (Paris, c.1656 – 23 May 1722) was a notable engraver but also a print-publisher and print-seller. He probably trained with Adam Pérelle and, like him, specialized in topographical representations. He engraved in suites many views of Paris and of provincial, European and African cities, mixing etching and burin.
- Year: 1690
- Dimension: 310x 210 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
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Out of stockNice view of the town of Ostia in Lazio from Lo Stato presente di tutti i paesi e popoli del mondo by Thomas Salmon published in Venice at Albrizzi. The engraver is F. Zucchi (1692-1764).
- Year: 1751
- Dimension: 165 x 210 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
