Descriptio Tusculi cum Villis et Palatii ac Templis...
| Reference: | CO-601 |
| Author | Giacomo LAURO |
| Year: | 1622 ca. |
| Zone: | Frascati |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 240 x 180 mm |
€300.00
| Reference: | CO-601 |
| Author | Giacomo LAURO |
| Year: | 1622 ca. |
| Zone: | Frascati |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 240 x 180 mm |
€300.00
Description
Plan of the city with the Tuscolan villas, taken from Antiquae Urbis Splendor by Giacomo Lauro.
Dedicated to Pietro Firlei, the plate is signed by Lauro and dated 1622; it is based on the great work by Mattheus Greuter of 1620.
First published in 1612, this important collection of views of Rome is Lauro's most important work and enjoyed an incredible fortune.
The work, entirely illustrated with concise didactic texts on the beauties and splendours of ancient and modern Rome, was reprinted and enlarged.
Later editions always refer to the publication date of 1612.
The date and printer are, however, deduced from the dedication by Giovanni Alto (jan Alten) da Lucerna, editor of the volume, to his readers.
Copperplate, in very good condition.
Literature
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Rossetti 6077; BAL RIBA 1780; Cicognara 3761.
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Engraver, printer and print publisher. Active in Rome from 1583. 17 March 1598 he applied for and was granted a ten-year papal privilege for an unspecified number of unnamed religious prints.
Lauro’s earliest dated prints are of 1585, and carry the address of C. Duchetti. He also worked for Panzera in 1589. From 1590 he tried to establish himself as a publisher of his own work. He acquired and restored old plates, published copies of such classic prints as Marcantonio’ St.Paul preaching . He accepted commissions, as the map of Rocca Contrada, 1594.
He probably acquired plates from Jacob Matham which he published in 1598. His Antiquae Urbis Splendor was published in parts from 1612. In the volumes issued in 1614 and 1615 Lauro refers to having worked on it for 28 years which would mean that he began it about 1586. Important connections with Poland; he specialized in images of saints.
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Literature
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Rossetti 6077; BAL RIBA 1780; Cicognara 3761.
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Engraver, printer and print publisher. Active in Rome from 1583. 17 March 1598 he applied for and was granted a ten-year papal privilege for an unspecified number of unnamed religious prints.
Lauro’s earliest dated prints are of 1585, and carry the address of C. Duchetti. He also worked for Panzera in 1589. From 1590 he tried to establish himself as a publisher of his own work. He acquired and restored old plates, published copies of such classic prints as Marcantonio’ St.Paul preaching . He accepted commissions, as the map of Rocca Contrada, 1594.
He probably acquired plates from Jacob Matham which he published in 1598. His Antiquae Urbis Splendor was published in parts from 1612. In the volumes issued in 1614 and 1615 Lauro refers to having worked on it for 28 years which would mean that he began it about 1586. Important connections with Poland; he specialized in images of saints.
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