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A scarce world map after Giuseppe Rosaccio

Stock No. 22849 Category: Tag: Cartographer: ROSACCIO, Alovisio.

Universale Descrittione di Tutto il Mondo del Ecc.te Gioseppe Rosaccio.
Florence, c.1610. 265 x 310mm.

£4,500

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A double-hemisphere world map adapted from Guiseppe Rosaccio's map of 1597 by his son Alovisio (probably Latinised from Luigi), notable for the complexity of its engraved borders.
Around the Western Hemisphere are celestial constellations, interspersed with windheads (including a skull for the 'plague-bearing' southern wind); around the Eastern Hemisphere are climactic zones. In the cusps are a portrait of Duke Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and his armorial, with each of the six palle (balls) containing a small map of a continent or pole and a letter of Cosimo's name. In the four corners of the main map are roundels with representations of the Four Elements. Underneath the main map is a world map after Ptolemy, disparagingly titled in Italian ''This is how much Ptolemy knew about the world'', and eight spherical diagrams, including a key of geographical terms and how shadows change at different latitudes.

Additional information

Dimensions 310 × 265 mm
Cartographer

Date

1610

Extra Info

Universale Descrittione di Tutto il Mondo del Ecc.te Gioseppe Rosaccio.

Publication

Florence, c.1610. 265 x 310mm.

Condition

Trimmed on left with flap for binding, folds flattened with small repairs.

References

SHIRLEY: 268, second state, with beard added to Cosimo's portrait; 'curiously elaborate world map'.