LA NOBILE CITTA DI MESSINA

Second state, published in the same year of the first one,1567 and by the same publisher, Antonio Lafreri. In this edition, the text is also engraved (first edition with typographic text).
Etching and engraving.

This perspective plan is the first overall image of Messina. It's also the first one to shows the New Arsenals, built on the arm of St. Ranieri in 1565 - Arcenale Novo fate L anno 1565. The design is very accurate and detailed: besides the rendering of the buildings that's very realistic, there are many kind of ships. At the bottom of the image, is also shown the coast of Calabria.

Decorative cartouche containing descriptive text. Compass rose. North oriented toward right of sheet. Shows topography, vegetation, buildings, roads.
At the bottom, a key of 167 notable places or buildings. At bottom right the dedication to Pietro de Luna e Salviati (1520-1575), first Duke of Bivona.

Literature: Benevolo (1969): pp. 70-71, tav. XI; Mostra Bergamo (2016): n. 74; Rubach (2016): n. 232; Tooley (1939): n. 388; Tooley (1983): n. 388d;

Known examples: 1°: Parigi, Bibliothèque Nationale; Roma, Biblioteca Nazionale; Roma, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica. 2°: Atlante Stevens-Beans-Nebenzahl; Chicago, Newberry Library; Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale (3); Londra, British Library; Londra, Royal Geographical Society; Madrid, Real Biblioteca; Milano, Raccolta Bertarelli; Parigi, Bibliothèque Nationale; Roma, Biblioteca Nazionale (2); Roma, Casanatense; Sint-Niklaas, Kowk; Stanford, University Library; Stoccarda, Württembergische Landesbibliothek; Torino, Archivio di Stato; Washington, Library of Congress; Yale, University Library. 3°: Fano, Federiciana; Parigi, Bibliothèque Nationale. 4°: Malta, National Library; Roma, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica.