Rome by Giovanni Battista Falda, published by Covens & Mortier. c. 1730
Falda Giovanni Battista [da Valduggia] (1648-1678)
Italian architect and engraver. He started working in Rome in the studio of Bernini, but very soon, he became the protégé of Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, a famous Roman publisher. De Rossi took the young man under his wing, seeing to his training in architectural rendering and perspective, as well as in etching and engraving.
Falda became one of the most skilled designers and printmakers of architectural views in late seventeenth-century Rome. His works were particularly popular with tourists.
Recentis Romae Ichnographia et Hypsographia sive Planta et Facies ad Magnificentiam qua sub Alexandro VII P.M. Urbs Ipsa Directa Exculta et Decorata Est.
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > Italy - Cities
Old, antique bird’s-eye view plan of Rome, by Falda G.B.
With cartouches, inset illustrations of historic buildings and important churches and basilicas at foot. Includes also names and insignia of the 14 regions of the city of Rome.
Title: Recentis Romae Ichnographia et Hypsographia sive Planta et Facies ad Magnificentiam qua sub Alexandro VII P.M. Urbs Ipsa Directa Exculta et Decorata Est.
A Amsterdam
Chez Iean Covens Corneille Mortier Geographes.
Oriented to the west.
Date of the first edition: c. 1667.
Date of this map: c. 1730.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 660 x 860mm (25.98 x 33.86 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Printed on two sheets of paper, joined, folds as issued.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Separate publication.
Falda Giovanni Battista [da Valduggia] (1648-1678)
Italian architect and engraver. He started working in Rome in the studio of Bernini, but very soon, he became the protégé of Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, a famous Roman publisher. De Rossi took the young man under his wing, seeing to his training in architectural rendering and perspective, as well as in etching and engraving.
Falda became one of the most skilled designers and printmakers of architectural views in late seventeenth-century Rome. His works were particularly popular with tourists.
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