Pianta Topografica di Roma pubblicata dalla Direzione Generale del Censo ed aggiornata a tutto il corrente anno MDCCCLXVI

Rare map of the city, with vertical projection, oriented with the north at the top.

The map was published for the first time in 1829, and is undoubtedly the most accurate and significant map of Papal Rome in the nineteenth century. Wide key-legend on the left side and at the bottom right list of the XIV districts. It is represented the only city within the perimeter of the walls that stands out clearly on the white background. Cardinal Cesare Guerrieri, first president of the Congregazione dei Catasti (later Censo) from 1816 to 1832, had this map engraved and published, based on the manuscript maps of the Catasto Urban ordered by PIO VII in 1818 and completed in 1822.

A second issue of the map comes to light in 1854, reprint of the original plates, which contains the indication of the iron bridge built next to Ponte Rotto. The map was then definitively amended in 1866 - our edition.

It is the most accurate image of the town just before it became capital of Italy. The iron bridge appears in San Giovanni dei Fiorentini (1863) and the tobacco factory (1863) is indicated with the opposite Piazza Matai (1864). There are the railway lines at Termini (1862) while the travellers' building (1867) is obviously missing. Finally, shows the first part of Via Nazionale, traced in 1866.

Etching, printed from 4 plates on 4 sheets of contemporary paper, cut, applied on canvas and mounted in a box. Canvas slightly damaged in the folds, otherwise in good condition.

Exemple with ex-libris of the book seller Ulderico Bossi, which was based in Rome in via del Corso 401.

Bibliografia
A. P. Frutaz, "Le piante di Roma", n. 191; C. Marigliani, "Le Piante di Roma delle collezioni private", n. 354; Scaccia Scarafoni, "Le Piante di Roma", n. 312.