Papal States - Tuscany (Toscana), by Michel Antoine Baudrand, published by Giovanni de Rossi. 1687
de Rossi Family
Seventeenth-century Rome was home to the famous publishing house of de Rossi. Two branches of the family used the addresses in Piazza Navona and Piazza della Pace; the latter was the more important house. Giuseppe de Rossi founded the house in 1613 and continued until he died in 1639. Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi flourished from 1649 to 1691. In 1677, he published a folio atlas titled Mercurio Geografico. It was drawn almost entirely from the cartography of the Sanson family in Paris. Whether it was with their permission or simple plagiarism is unknown, but they are credited. (Burden)
Giuseppe Rossi (flourished 1613-1639), Publisher at 'Piazza della Pace'.
Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (1627-1691), Printer and publisher at 'Alla Pace all'insegna di Parigi', Rome.
Domenico de Rossi (flourished c. 1691-c. 1720), Successor to Giovanni Giacomo Rossi.
Lorenzo Filippo Rossi (flourished c. 1720-1738). Successor to Domenico.
In 1738, the Rossi plates were sold to the government of the Papal States.
Michel-Antoine Baudrand (1633 – 1700)
Michel-Antoine Baudrand was a French historian, cleric, and geographer active in the late 17th century. He served as secretary to Cardinal Francesco Barberini. In this position, he travelled and attended the papal conclaves of 1655 and 1667, which exposed him to European intellectual networks and geographical knowledge. Baudrand’s reputation rests largely on his reference works on geography, which scholars and readers widely used in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
He is mainly remembered for compiling some of the earliest large geographical dictionaries of the early modern period.
Descrittione dello Stato della Chiesa e della Toscana
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Papal States - Tuscany (Toscana), by Michel Antoine Baudrand, published by Giovanni de Rossi.
Title: Descrittione dello Stato della Chiesa e della Toscana
di Michele Antonio Baudrand Parigino Abbate di Rouvres
Intagliata da Giovanni Lhuilier, in Roma
Per Gio. Giacomo Rossi all' insegna di Parigi alla Pace, 1669.
Con licentia de Superiori, & Priv. Sum Pont.
Cartographer: Baudrand Michel Antoine.
Engraver: Lhuilier Giovanni.
Date of the first edition: 1678.
Date of this map: 1687.
Date on map: 1678.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size: 430 x 550mm (17 x 21¾ inches).
Sheet size: 480 x 615mm (19 x 24¼ inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured in outline, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Mercurio Geografico overo Guida Geografica in Tutte le Parti di Mondo Conforme le Tavole Geografiche del Sansone Baudrand e Cantelli. Rome, [1687]. (Shirley (Brit. Lib.), T.ROSS-1b)
de Rossi Family
Seventeenth-century Rome was home to the famous publishing house of de Rossi. Two branches of the family used the addresses in Piazza Navona and Piazza della Pace; the latter was the more important house. Giuseppe de Rossi founded the house in 1613 and continued until he died in 1639. Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi flourished from 1649 to 1691. In 1677, he published a folio atlas titled Mercurio Geografico. It was drawn almost entirely from the cartography of the Sanson family in Paris. Whether it was with their permission or simple plagiarism is unknown, but they are credited. (Burden)
Giuseppe Rossi (flourished 1613-1639), Publisher at 'Piazza della Pace'.
Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi (1627-1691), Printer and publisher at 'Alla Pace all'insegna di Parigi', Rome.
Domenico de Rossi (flourished c. 1691-c. 1720), Successor to Giovanni Giacomo Rossi.
Lorenzo Filippo Rossi (flourished c. 1720-1738). Successor to Domenico.
In 1738, the Rossi plates were sold to the government of the Papal States.
Michel-Antoine Baudrand (1633 – 1700)
Michel-Antoine Baudrand was a French historian, cleric, and geographer active in the late 17th century. He served as secretary to Cardinal Francesco Barberini. In this position, he travelled and attended the papal conclaves of 1655 and 1667, which exposed him to European intellectual networks and geographical knowledge. Baudrand’s reputation rests largely on his reference works on geography, which scholars and readers widely used in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
He is mainly remembered for compiling some of the earliest large geographical dictionaries of the early modern period.
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