Fondi by Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg c. 1610
COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Fondi, a town in the Roman Campagna, situated on the plain, is richly populated. The paved Via Appia passes through the town centre. To the east and north, it is surrounded by mountains; to the south and west, it lies on the sea. Those travelling to Formia see Lake Fondi on the right. Ferdinand, King of Aragon and Naples, awarded the town and others to the excellent and brave Prince Prospero Colonna for his faithful services. In 1534, Hayreddin Barbarossa, the Turkish emperor's pirate, a sea admiral, caused the Fondani exceedingly great harm, for he took away all the inhabitants in slavery."
Fondi is shown from the south in a pleasant location at the foot of the Ausoni Mountains, beside the Via Appia (B), some 20 km northwest of Gaeta. The fortifications date back to the 1st century BC, and the Castello Baronale dominate the townscape. To the left of the baronial castle lies the cathedral of San Pietro, originally a Gothic structure. Visible further left, behind the tower of San Pietro, is the square tower of Santa Maria in Piazza. In Aragonese possession in the 16th century, Fondi was given to the Colonna family as a fief. As the court of Giulia Gonzaga, who ruled in her name after the death of her husband, Vespasiano Colonna, Fondi blossomed into a centre of arts. In 1534, the Ottoman corsair Hayreddin Barbarossa attempted to take Giulia Gonzaga prisoner. When she succeeded in escaping, he massacred the inhabitants of the town. In 1594, Fondi was raided again by the Saracens. This second attack marked the start of the town's decline. (Taschen)
Braun G. & Hogenberg F. and the Civitates Orbis Terrarum.
The Civitates Orbis Terrarum, or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atlas and the most excellent book of town views and plans ever published: 363 engravings, sometimes beautifully coloured. It was one of the best-selling works in the last quarter of the 16th century. Georg Braun wrote the text accompanying the plans and views on the verso. Many plates were engraved after the original drawings of a professional artist, a professional artist, Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600). The first volume was published in Latin in 1572, and the sixth in 1617. Frans Hogenberg created the tables for volumes I through IV, and Simon van den Neuwel made those for volumes V and VI. Other contributors were cartographers Daniel Freese and Heinrich Rantzau. Works by Jacob van Deventer, Sebastian Münster, and Johannes Stumpf were also used. Translations appeared in German and French.
Following the original publication of Volume 1 of the Civitates in 1572, seven further editions of 1575, 1577, 1582, 1588, 1593, 1599 and 1612 can be identified. Vol.2, first issued in 1575, was followed by further editions in 1597 and 1612. The subsequent volumes appeared in 1581, 1588, 1593, 1599 and 1606. The German translation of the first volume appeared from 1574 on, and the French edition from 1575 on.
Several printers were involved: Theodor Graminaeus, Heinrich von Aich, Gottfried von Kempen, Johannis Sinniger, Bertram Buchholtz and Peter von Brachel, who all worked in Cologne.
Georg Braun (1541-1622)
Georg Braun was born in Cologne in 1541. After his studies in Cologne, he entered the Jesuit Order as a novice. 1561, he obtained his bachelor's degree, and in 1562, he received his Magister Artium. Although he left the Jesuit Order, he studied theology, gaining a licentiate in theology.
Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590)
Frans Hogenberg was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. He was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg.
By the end of the 1560s, Frans Hogenberg was employed upon Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, published in 1570; he is named an engraver of numerous maps. In 1568, he was banned from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva and travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne. He immediately embarked on his two most important works, the Civitates, published in 1572 and the Geschichtsblätter, which appeared in several series from 1569 until about 1587.
Thanks to large-scale projects like the Geschichtsblätter and the Civitates, Hogenberg's social circumstances improved with each passing year. He died as a wealthy man in Cologne in 1590.
Fondi
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Italy - Cities
Old, antique bird’s-eye view plan of Fondi, by Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg.
Title: Fondi.
Deping. G. Houfnaglius A° 1578.
Date of the first edition: 1596.
Date of this map: c. 1610.
Date on map: 1578.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 365 x 490mm (14.37 x 19.29 inches).
Verso: French text.
Condition: Original coloured, lower centrefold reinforced.
Condition Rating: A.
References: Van der Krogt 4, 1331; Taschen, Braun and Hogenberg, p. 421; Fauser, #3955
From: Théâtre des Principales Villes de tout l'Univers. Tome 5. c. 1610.
COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Fondi, a town in the Roman Campagna, situated on the plain, is richly populated. The paved Via Appia passes through the town centre. To the east and north, it is surrounded by mountains; to the south and west, it lies on the sea. Those travelling to Formia see Lake Fondi on the right. Ferdinand, King of Aragon and Naples, awarded the town and others to the excellent and brave Prince Prospero Colonna for his faithful services. In 1534, Hayreddin Barbarossa, the Turkish emperor's pirate, a sea admiral, caused the Fondani exceedingly great harm, for he took away all the inhabitants in slavery."
Fondi is shown from the south in a pleasant location at the foot of the Ausoni Mountains, beside the Via Appia (B), some 20 km northwest of Gaeta. The fortifications date back to the 1st century BC, and the Castello Baronale dominate the townscape. To the left of the baronial castle lies the cathedral of San Pietro, originally a Gothic structure. Visible further left, behind the tower of San Pietro, is the square tower of Santa Maria in Piazza. In Aragonese possession in the 16th century, Fondi was given to the Colonna family as a fief. As the court of Giulia Gonzaga, who ruled in her name after the death of her husband, Vespasiano Colonna, Fondi blossomed into a centre of arts. In 1534, the Ottoman corsair Hayreddin Barbarossa attempted to take Giulia Gonzaga prisoner. When she succeeded in escaping, he massacred the inhabitants of the town. In 1594, Fondi was raided again by the Saracens. This second attack marked the start of the town's decline. (Taschen)
Braun G. & Hogenberg F. and the Civitates Orbis Terrarum.
The Civitates Orbis Terrarum, or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atlas and the most excellent book of town views and plans ever published: 363 engravings, sometimes beautifully coloured. It was one of the best-selling works in the last quarter of the 16th century. Georg Braun wrote the text accompanying the plans and views on the verso. Many plates were engraved after the original drawings of a professional artist, a professional artist, Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600). The first volume was published in Latin in 1572, and the sixth in 1617. Frans Hogenberg created the tables for volumes I through IV, and Simon van den Neuwel made those for volumes V and VI. Other contributors were cartographers Daniel Freese and Heinrich Rantzau. Works by Jacob van Deventer, Sebastian Münster, and Johannes Stumpf were also used. Translations appeared in German and French.
Following the original publication of Volume 1 of the Civitates in 1572, seven further editions of 1575, 1577, 1582, 1588, 1593, 1599 and 1612 can be identified. Vol.2, first issued in 1575, was followed by further editions in 1597 and 1612. The subsequent volumes appeared in 1581, 1588, 1593, 1599 and 1606. The German translation of the first volume appeared from 1574 on, and the French edition from 1575 on.
Several printers were involved: Theodor Graminaeus, Heinrich von Aich, Gottfried von Kempen, Johannis Sinniger, Bertram Buchholtz and Peter von Brachel, who all worked in Cologne.
Georg Braun (1541-1622)
Georg Braun was born in Cologne in 1541. After his studies in Cologne, he entered the Jesuit Order as a novice. 1561, he obtained his bachelor's degree, and in 1562, he received his Magister Artium. Although he left the Jesuit Order, he studied theology, gaining a licentiate in theology.
Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590)
Frans Hogenberg was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. He was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg.
By the end of the 1560s, Frans Hogenberg was employed upon Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, published in 1570; he is named an engraver of numerous maps. In 1568, he was banned from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva and travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne. He immediately embarked on his two most important works, the Civitates, published in 1572 and the Geschichtsblätter, which appeared in several series from 1569 until about 1587.
Thanks to large-scale projects like the Geschichtsblätter and the Civitates, Hogenberg's social circumstances improved with each passing year. He died as a wealthy man in Cologne in 1590.