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Italy, by Donato Rascicotti. 1664

Second state of Rascicotti's scarce map of Italy.
 
The map appears to be a faithful copy of Domenico Zenoi's work of 1567.
 
The sea stippling on this map is extremely fine and dense, giving an effect resembling aquatint engraving.
 
Bifolco-Ronca quotes only one copy of this second state (Bergamo, Collezione Moreschi) and four copies of the first state.

Donato Rascicotti (active in the 17th century)

Donato Rascicotti was a publisher, trader and printer of prints, Brescia origin but active in Venice, and perhaps also in Bologna and Rome.
He is sometimes referred to as Rasciotti and Rosigotti. According to some, he should be Donato Resegato "printer of drawings", arrested in Rome in 1577 on charges of stealing drawings from Lafreri's shop. In Venice, his shop was at the Ponte dei Barettieri. On 7 March 1598, Rascicotti obtained a 25-year privilege from the Venetian Senate to publish a new collection of topographical views and prints. He published some works by Agostino Carracci, in their first state, and republished old plates of Tramezzino and Rota.

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L'Italia nobilissima provincia della Europa su nominata con diversi nomi, ...

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Category:  Antique maps > Europe > Italy

Old, antique map of Italy, by Donato Rascicotti.

Title: L'Italia nobilissima provincia della Europa su nominata con diversi nomi, ...
In Venetia Appresso Steffano Scolari forma a S. Zulian.
MDCLXIIII.


Date of the first edition: 1599.
Date of this map: 1664.
Date on map: 1664.

Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 392 x 515mm (15.43 x 20.28 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Excellent. Margins enlarged to fit in an atlas.
Condition Rating: A+.

Separate publication.

Dedicated to Francesco Morosini, mayor of Treviso.

Second state of Rascicotti's scarce map of Italy.
 
The map appears to be a faithful copy of Domenico Zenoi's work of 1567.
 
The sea stippling on this map is extremely fine and dense, giving an effect resembling aquatint engraving.
 
Bifolco-Ronca quotes only one copy of this second state (Bergamo, Collezione Moreschi) and four copies of the first state.

Donato Rascicotti (active in the 17th century)

Donato Rascicotti was a publisher, trader and printer of prints, Brescia origin but active in Venice, and perhaps also in Bologna and Rome.
He is sometimes referred to as Rasciotti and Rosigotti. According to some, he should be Donato Resegato "printer of drawings", arrested in Rome in 1577 on charges of stealing drawings from Lafreri's shop. In Venice, his shop was at the Ponte dei Barettieri. On 7 March 1598, Rascicotti obtained a 25-year privilege from the Venetian Senate to publish a new collection of topographical views and prints. He published some works by Agostino Carracci, in their first state, and republished old plates of Tramezzino and Rota.

References: Bifolco-Ronca - Tav. 927 State 2; Bifolco-Ronca Italia - Tav.18; Borri (Italy, 1999) - #65; Karrow - 30/90.8.