IL DISEGNO DELLA GEOGRAFIA MODERNA DE TUTTA LA PROVINCIA DE LA ITALIA
| Reference: | S387000 |
| Author | Giacomo GASTALDI |
| Year: | 1561 |
| Zone: | Italy |
| Printed: | Venice |
| Measures: | 775 x 530 mm |
| Reference: | S387000 |
| Author | Giacomo GASTALDI |
| Year: | 1561 |
| Zone: | Italy |
| Printed: | Venice |
| Measures: | 775 x 530 mm |
Description
IL DISEGNO DELLA GEOGRAFIA MODERNA DE TUTTA LA PROVINCIA DE LA ITALIA Con le sue regioni, città, castella, Mo[n]ti, Laghi, Fiumi, Mari, Golfi, capi, Et isole, ch’in quelli si ritrovano, et altre Regioni circonvicine al golfo Di Venetia, per maggiore lucidatione dell’Italia. All’Illustrissimo et eccellentissimo sig.r il S.r Alfonso secondo da Este, duca di Ferrara qui[n]to Giacopo di Castaldi Piamo[n]tese, cosmografo in Venetia. Con gratia et privilegio della sum[m]o po[n]tifice papa Pio iiii per anni X. E dal serenissimo senato d’Venetia per anni. XV. M.D.XI.
Under the title, always in the cartouche, is represented the scale of Italian miles (50 miles, equal to mm 45.5) Lower down, there is the imprint fabio licinio Ex. Orientation by a double wind rose in the sea, the north is at the top. Graduation at the margins from degree to degree, from 37° 30' to 45° 40' of latitude and from 28° 10' to 44° 10' (from 27° 40' to 45° at the top) of longitude.
Etching and engraving, two sheets for a total size of 530x775 mm.
For the description of the map we report the analysis proposed in S. Bifolco, F. Ronca, Cartografia e topografia italiana del XVI secolo, 2018:
Gastaldi's work represents the most important map of Italy that appeared in the sixteenth century. It will constitute the cartographic model of the peninsula in Italy and in the Nordic countries, starting from the replica inserted in Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570). Almagià defines it as "one of the milestones in the evolution of the cartography of Italy". The result of work begun some time ago, and certainly completed in 1559, the map was printed only two years later (1561) protected by the privilege that Gastaldi obtained from the Venetian Senate on July 29, 1559. The engraving is due to Fabio Licinio. The map is very rich in orography, hydrography and toponymy.
Although the Gastaldi is a cartographer from the table, the corrections made to the shape of Italy with the help of nautical charts, with the application of new astronomical elements, with the use of the work done for the previous regional maps and with slight changes in latitudes and longitudes, allow the map to impose itself on all previous types, replacing them. The sea is ploughed by ships and sea monsters. Compared to the Italia Nuova of the same Gastaldi, inserted in the Venetian edition of the Geography of Claudio Ptolomeo Alexandrino (1548), the major changes concern the entire Adriatic coast, Calabria, Puglia and especially the elimination of the anomalous thinning between Pisa and the mouth of the Po.
The map, given its great importance, is present in almost all sixteenth-century composite collections. Like many other works by Giacomo Gastaldi, the plate is present in the catalog of Antonio Lafreri's typography (n. 35), where it is described as "Italia". The plate was then inherited by Stefano Duchetti and then given to Paolo Graziani (inv. August 1581, n. 63, "L'Italia in no 2 f° reali"). We then find it listed in the catalog of Pietro de Nobili (inv. May 23, 1586, n. 479, "Itaglia in doi pezzi"). The edition of the map of Pietro de Nobili's printing house (datable to the period 1585-89), which until now was only hypothesized, emerged during the study for this publication, preserved in the factual collection of the Bibliothèque Municipale of Grenoble" (cf. Cartografia e topografia italiana del XVI secolo, tav. 911).
Given its enormous importance, the map is common in sixteenth-century factitious collections - the so-called "Lafreri Atlas" - but very rare in the antiquarian market.
Magnificent example, printed on contemporary laid paper, copperplate trimmed and with added margins, in perfect condition.
Bibliografia
S. Bifolco, F. Ronca, Cartografia e topografia italiana del XVI secolo, 2018: pp. 1816-1817, tav. 911, I/II; Alberti (2009): p. 119, n. A.33; Aliprandi (2005): p. 84, n. 41; Almagià (1929): p. 26, n. 1, tav. XXVIII; Almagià (1960): p. 12; Arrigoni-Bertarelli (1930): n. 4; Bifolco-Ronca (2014): n. 5; Borri (1999): p. 46, n. 37; Borri (2010): pp. 67-68, n. 45, fig. 63; Karrow (1993): n. 30/90; Lago (1989): p. 248, n. 93; Lago (1994): p. 168, fig. 7; Lago (2002): pp. 281-282, fig. 280; Marinelli (1881): n. 532; Meurer (1991):p. 153; Pagani (2008): pp. 15, 19, 374, 388; Tooley (1939): n. 328.
Giacomo GASTALDI (1500 circa – 1565 circa)
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Giacomo Gastaldi was born, according to the predicate that accompanies his signature on the card in Spain in 1544, Villafranca Piemonte (today the province of Turin), in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century. Although counted among the greatest cartographers of the sixteenth century, the events of his life are unknown until 1539 when his name appears for the first time in a grant of privilege of printing a "perpetual almanac," now lost. In the early '40s, was to be known in learned circles because he began to work on a series of papers, first published separately and then merged, in the Italian edition of Ptolemy's Geography (Venice 1548) updated by S. Münster. The volume consisted of 60 cards, 26 of which were the traditional Ptolemaic and 34 new made by Gastaldi. Soon his fame spread as a cartographer in Italy and Europe: cosmographer became the official of the Venetian Republic. The Council of Ten, on behalf of whom had a frescoed hall of the Ducal Palace with the cards in Asia and Africa, was referring to him as: Master James of Piedmont our Cosmographer. Remains unchallenged as its contribution to the Italian maps: a map of Italy printed in 1561, when for the first time the profile of the coastline is made by referring to charts much more precise than those of previous centuries. He had the great merit of use and disclose in cartography the etching technique, which allowed all'incisore to make drawings more accurate and crisp, allowing easier viewing Almost all of them before cartographers had instead used the technique of woodcut, much less precise. He was awarded one hundred and nine maps, which represented virtually the entire world. Considering it was incorrect for a long time a mere disciple of Ramusio, and to both of you must exit from tolemaismo geography, Gastaldi was rediscovered by geography after the Italian unit. At the end of the nineteenth century p.e. Nordenskjöld placed him at the pinnacle of European maps and fifty years after the sixteenth Almagia still its greatest scholar, he rebuilt a good biography.
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Giacomo GASTALDI (1500 circa – 1565 circa)
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Giacomo Gastaldi was born, according to the predicate that accompanies his signature on the card in Spain in 1544, Villafranca Piemonte (today the province of Turin), in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century. Although counted among the greatest cartographers of the sixteenth century, the events of his life are unknown until 1539 when his name appears for the first time in a grant of privilege of printing a "perpetual almanac," now lost. In the early '40s, was to be known in learned circles because he began to work on a series of papers, first published separately and then merged, in the Italian edition of Ptolemy's Geography (Venice 1548) updated by S. Münster. The volume consisted of 60 cards, 26 of which were the traditional Ptolemaic and 34 new made by Gastaldi. Soon his fame spread as a cartographer in Italy and Europe: cosmographer became the official of the Venetian Republic. The Council of Ten, on behalf of whom had a frescoed hall of the Ducal Palace with the cards in Asia and Africa, was referring to him as: Master James of Piedmont our Cosmographer. Remains unchallenged as its contribution to the Italian maps: a map of Italy printed in 1561, when for the first time the profile of the coastline is made by referring to charts much more precise than those of previous centuries. He had the great merit of use and disclose in cartography the etching technique, which allowed all'incisore to make drawings more accurate and crisp, allowing easier viewing Almost all of them before cartographers had instead used the technique of woodcut, much less precise. He was awarded one hundred and nine maps, which represented virtually the entire world. Considering it was incorrect for a long time a mere disciple of Ramusio, and to both of you must exit from tolemaismo geography, Gastaldi was rediscovered by geography after the Italian unit. At the end of the nineteenth century p.e. Nordenskjöld placed him at the pinnacle of European maps and fifty years after the sixteenth Almagia still its greatest scholar, he rebuilt a good biography.
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