(Viaggio a Betlemme)
| Reference: | S24206 |
| Author | Natale BONIFACIO |
| Year: | 1586 ca. |
| Zone: | Bethlehem |
| Printed: | Venice |
| Measures: | 125 x 93 mm |
€150.00
| Reference: | S24206 |
| Author | Natale BONIFACIO |
| Year: | 1586 ca. |
| Zone: | Bethlehem |
| Printed: | Venice |
| Measures: | 125 x 93 mm |
€150.00
Description
A rare map taken from the secon editions of "IL DEVOTISSIMO VIAGGIO DI GERUSALEMME. Fatto, & descritto in sei libri dal Sigr. Giovanni Zuallardo . l'anno 1586. Aggiontovi i disegni di varii luoghi di Terra Santa & altri paesi intagliati da Natale Bonifacio Dalmata".
The map is engraved in the unique style of Natale Bonifacio.
Zuallart traveled to and around Palestine [in 1586]. The following year (1587), his Il Devotissimo Viaggio Di Gerusalemme was printed in Rome." (The Road to Jerusalem, Noonan, pg 167). "Jean Zuallart (Giovanni Zuallardo) was a Fleming by birth; and made his journey to Jerusalem after having resided in Rome. His book was first printed several times in Italian at Rome." (Biblical Researches in Palestine, Robinson, pg 543).
Copperplate, some waterstains, generally in good conditions.
Natale BONIFACIO (Sebenico 1537- ? 1592)
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Engraver, etcher, designer, printer, print publisher and cosmographer, from Sebenico. Active in Venice c. 1570-74,and then in Rome 1575-91.He was proposed for membership of Virtuosi del Pantheon 9 February 1578, where described as “intagliatore in rame”(Orbaan).1579 he was a member of the Confraternity of San Girolamo degli Illirici.The inscription on his tombstone notes his activity as engraver and cosmographer (“aeris caelator divinus ac optimus geographus”).
In Venice his work was published by Camocio, Ferrando Bertelli, Luca Bertelli and Donato Bertelli, Borgaruccio Borgarucci and Nelli.
In Rome his work was published by Lafrery, Claudio Duchetti, Lorenzo Vaccari, and Nicolas van Aelst. His prints included maps, antiquities, devotional and didactic subjects.Plates for Domenico Fontana’s Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano 1590.
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Natale BONIFACIO (Sebenico 1537- ? 1592)
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Engraver, etcher, designer, printer, print publisher and cosmographer, from Sebenico. Active in Venice c. 1570-74,and then in Rome 1575-91.He was proposed for membership of Virtuosi del Pantheon 9 February 1578, where described as “intagliatore in rame”(Orbaan).1579 he was a member of the Confraternity of San Girolamo degli Illirici.The inscription on his tombstone notes his activity as engraver and cosmographer (“aeris caelator divinus ac optimus geographus”).
In Venice his work was published by Camocio, Ferrando Bertelli, Luca Bertelli and Donato Bertelli, Borgaruccio Borgarucci and Nelli.
In Rome his work was published by Lafrery, Claudio Duchetti, Lorenzo Vaccari, and Nicolas van Aelst. His prints included maps, antiquities, devotional and didactic subjects.Plates for Domenico Fontana’s Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano 1590.
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