Plan de la Ville de Rome d'après celui publié par J. B. Nolli...

Very rare map of Rome with vertical projection, oriented with the north at the top.

First edition of the work, published in Paris by Jean Lattré and based on the map by Giovan Battista Nolli (1748).

The title written in French is on the right of the engraving and at the bottom, after the dedication to Monsignor Antoine Eleonor Leon, the date 1788. The coloring added manually allows to distinguish the antiquities and architectural emergencies campite in red, the churches campite in blue and represented in plan with the only exceptions of St. Peter and Castel Sant'Angelo campite in yellow. The lots built are outlined with a thin pink perimeter line. At the bottom right there is a description in French and on the right a legend of 170 numbers. The present map was reprinted in 1801 by the publisher Jean (see Scaccia Scarafoni n. 247 and Marigliani p. 296).

The only known exemplar in the public collections is that of the Vatican Library, while the reprint of 1801 is that of the collection of the Biblioteca Nazionale of Rome.

Etching, fine original colouring, small restorations in the lateral margins, otherwise excellent condition.