Roma Anno MDCCCXXVI
| Reference: | S39994 |
| Author | Angelo UGGERI |
| Year: | 1826 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 1130 x 750 mm |
| Reference: | S39994 |
| Author | Angelo UGGERI |
| Year: | 1826 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 1130 x 750 mm |
Description
A rare vertical projection map, orographic, oriented with the north at the top.
After the small map published for the first time in 1800, Uggeri draws this large map dedicated to Pope Pius VII and his effective work of restoration of many ancient monuments continued by his successor Leone XII. At the top left within the scroll is written "Ichonographiam veterum monumentorum monumentorum quae Pio Septimo Pont. Max. iubente effossa et reparata sunt. Uggerius Angelus Picelonensis Arch. Feciebat an. 1822".
Around the map are represented the monuments restored by Pius VII (1800-1823) and his successor Leone XII (1823-1829) and the medal celebrating the restoration of the Colosseum (executed in 1807).
104 key numbers (on the left legenda of ancient monuments and on the right of palaces and churches).
Perhaps the map was published for the first time in 1822, date reported in the dedication to Pius VII, but we don't know any exemplar of this hypothetical first edition, which probably never existed (cf. Marigliani, p. 321).
The map is of great rarity; to the exemplars at the Biblioteca Nazionale e di Architettura e Stora dell'Arte in Rome - already described by Scaccia Scarafoni - we can add the two copies at the Biblioteca Romana at the Archivio Storico Capitolino and the Biblioteca Besso.
Etching, printed from two plates on two sheets of contemporary paper, with margins, folds of paper, otherwise in excellent condition.
Literature
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Scaccia Scarafoni, n. 267; Frutaz, n. 189; Marigliani pp. 320-321, n. 250.
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Angelo Uggeri, born in 1754 and died in 1837, was an abbot of Milan, as well as an architect and lover of antiquities. In 1788 Uggeri, observing the monuments of Via Appia, decided to study them and describe them for those who love the antiquities of Rome; he then abandoned the project to devote himself to the most important and famous buildings inside the ancient Rome, with the so-called "Giornate pittoriche". The author's aim was therefore to talk about the above-mentioned monuments through his personal method based on pictorial views, geometrical plans and historical descriptions, in order to give an overall and complete look at the monuments themselves. He also added a few plates related to some specific materials, in order to deepen certain topics that can increase the knowledge, form and use of the monument for readers. Finally, he wrote a dictionary to explain certain terms he used in the text. The texts written by Uggeri are "Monuments des environs", of which there are only two out of four volumes in the library of Venturoli, "Edifices antiques", of which there are two out of three "Monuments de Rome", of which there are four out of six, and finally "Edifices de Rome de blacies par Pie VII".
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Literature
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Scaccia Scarafoni, n. 267; Frutaz, n. 189; Marigliani pp. 320-321, n. 250.
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Angelo Uggeri, born in 1754 and died in 1837, was an abbot of Milan, as well as an architect and lover of antiquities. In 1788 Uggeri, observing the monuments of Via Appia, decided to study them and describe them for those who love the antiquities of Rome; he then abandoned the project to devote himself to the most important and famous buildings inside the ancient Rome, with the so-called "Giornate pittoriche". The author's aim was therefore to talk about the above-mentioned monuments through his personal method based on pictorial views, geometrical plans and historical descriptions, in order to give an overall and complete look at the monuments themselves. He also added a few plates related to some specific materials, in order to deepen certain topics that can increase the knowledge, form and use of the monument for readers. Finally, he wrote a dictionary to explain certain terms he used in the text. The texts written by Uggeri are "Monuments des environs", of which there are only two out of four volumes in the library of Venturoli, "Edifices antiques", of which there are two out of three "Monuments de Rome", of which there are four out of six, and finally "Edifices de Rome de blacies par Pie VII".
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