Al Molto R.do & Illustre S.or Abbate ANDREA LIPPOMANI. Il Golfo di Venetia….

THE VERY RARE FOURTH STATE

This 1567 map by Domenico Zenoi and Ferrando Bertelli, is one of the firsts depending on 1561 Gastaldi Italy map (as mentioned in the dedication), which appear in Venice after the death of Piedmontese cartographer Giacomo Gastaldi, occurred in uncertain date between 1565 and 1566.
The map is based not only on Gastaldi map, but also on the later version by Paolo Forlani, dated 1563, compared to which numerous decorative elements are added in the sea.

The large central cartouche, rectangular, crowned by an elaborate decoration with two allegorical figures holding up the arms of the Venetian patricians Lippomano, bears a long dedication to the Abbot Andrea Lippomani, prior of the monastery of the Teutonic Knights at the SS. Trinity (theirs church was demolished in 1681 to expand the College of Somaschi Fathers, then Patriarchal Seminary of Santa Maria della Salute): here, in addition to editorial-typographic data and to the signature, there is the title and it's specified the geographical area represented on the map.

Etching and engraving, with margins, traces of glue on the verso, perfectly restored tear in paper folds, overall in good condition. of great rarity card.

The fourth state of the plate, known in a single example in the Moreschi collection is characterized by the presence of more marked orography, represented by isolated small prominences, very typical in the first Renaissance maps.

Although this map depicts the entire Italian peninsula, in the title cartouche is shown as the title "IL GOLFO DI VENEZIA", as if to reaffirm the hegemony, the role and power of the Serenissima in these waters.

It is not clear whether if Zenoi was the engraver of the plate and Bertelli the publisher, or both publishers: in fact, at that time, the relations between publishers and engravers were very complex and the roles are not always clear and distinct.

The fourth state of the plate, known just in only example, kept in the Moreschi collection is characterized by the presence of more marked orography, represented by isolated drifs, tipical of the first Renaissance maps. the Alps and the Apennines are well defined.
and a part of the Balkans.

Etching and engraving, with margins, traces of glue on the reverse, perfectly restored tears and paper folds, otherwise in good condition. Etremely rare map.

Bibliografia

Almagià (1927): n. 73; Almagià (1929): p. 16, B & F e p. 26, A; Almagià (1948): pp. 31-32; Bifolco-Ronca (2014): n. 10; Christie’s Pa (2006): n. 257; De Vries (1981): n. 82; Kraus (1972): n. 82; National Maritime Museum (1971): n. 127; Parke-Bernet (1969): n. 34; Ruge (1904-16): IV, n. 86.66 & n. 87.21; Tooley (1939): nn. 334-335 & 590; Borri (1999): pp. 48-49, n. 41; Borri (2010): pp. 68-69, n. 47, fig. 65; Karrow (1993): n. 30/90.1; Lago (1989): p. 248, n. 94; Lago (1994): p. 170, fig. 8; Perini (1996): p. 32.