Prospettiva della Nobilissima Citta di Napoli Metropoli del Medesimo Regno

Etching and engraving, 1665 circa, signed on plate in the cartouche with the dedication in the centre. Published in Bologna by the Longhi typography. Magnificent work, printed on four sheets of contemporary laid paper joined together in the centre, signs of paper folds and minor tears, otherwise in good condition. Giuseppe Longhi was a prolific typographer and publisher and was also quite famous for the publication of books. His great views of Italian cities are also well renowned; they were drawn following the Dutch model of the beginning of the XVII century and were completed with figure decoration, typical of the Dutch production of Blaeu, Janssonius and Visscher. The view of Naples is decorated on the two sides with the costumes of the time and, on the upper part, with the views of the main cities of the Reign of Naples: Fondi, Gaeta, Caiazzo, Pozzuoli, Sulmona, Tricarico, Taranto and Gallipoli. A detailed description of the city and the noteworthy places have been enclosed on lower part. Giovan Battista Cavazza was a Bolognese painter and engraver, pupil of Guido Reni. His most famous cartographic work is a map of the world in the Mercator projection, 1643. Magnificent example of a rare view of Naples. Bibliografia: Bellucci e Valerio, Piante e Vedute di Napoli dal 1600 al 1669, p. 121, 71. Dimensioni 840x330.