rome 1550 (2 Ergebnisse)

Very good. Mended centerfold split, some scuffing and marginal mends. Size 10.75 x 14 Inches. This is Sebastian Münster's lively 1550 bird's-eye view of Rome, Italy, among the earliest roughly contemporaneous depictions of the city. The woodcut presents the walled city with its churches, universities, and palaces, along with classical ruins. Twenty of these structures are keyed to a list at the bottom of the woodcut, but still more, such as triumphal columns, the famed Colosseum, and the city aqueducts, can be recognized. St. Peter's Cathedral and the Papal Palace are marked. A Closer Look The map is oriented to the east. Saint Peter's Cathedral and the Papal Palace, overlooking the west bank of the Tiber, can be seen in the upper right. Rome is presented as a medieval walled city: the crenelated defensive walls are markedly different than the modern ones on Braun and Hogenberg's view appearing twenty years later. Ships can be seen navigating the Tiber's southern approaches, and travelers pass through the city gates. Adding to the Cosmographia From its first printings in 1544, Münster's Cosmographia was notable for maps and views depicting their subjects for the first time in print. In subsequent editions, Münster labored to build the work by ordering improved city views and additional decorative woodcuts. 1550 saw the addition of many maps and views to the body of the work. Münster's spur to do so was the 1548 publication of Johannes Stumpf's magnificently illustrated history of Switzerland, whose woodcut maps and views outstripped those in Cosmographia both in quality and number. Münster knew he had to improve and commissioned many of the woodcuts that would make his work the most popular. This was among the first to be added. The view bears the mark of the formschneider known as 'monogrammist C-S,' tentatively identified as Christoph Schweicker, one of a number of artists Münster tapped to embellish his book. Publication History and Census This woodcut was executed by the 'monogrammist C-S' - possibly Christoph Schweicker - for inclusion in the 1550 edition of Münster's Cosmographia , and it remained in the work for the rest of its long publication run. The present example conforms typographically to the 1592 German-text edition of Cosmographey . This view is well represented in institutional collections and appears on the market. References: OCLC 163142027.

15. Coloniae, ( Köln ) , Ioannes Gymnicus excudebat, 1539 , in-8°, 143 x 93 mm, (124)nn pp , A8-G8H6 (complete), bound in at the end are 4 pp with manuscript letters (a bit cut short by the binder, no transcript exists). Bound in modern full vellum, edges painted red, very nice copy without any provenance indication. Rare, no copies known outside German speaking territory. See USTC 640449 . Cornelis Croock lived most of life in Amsterdam. He studied theology at Leuven University (under Barlandus, and probably Alardus of Amsterdam). In 1550 he travelled via Louvain to Rome and was accepted in the Jesuit Order by its founder Ignatius of Loyola. Croock died however before the end of 1550. His ''Ecclesia'' is dedicated to Cannius. It deals with heresy and serves also as a guide for preachers. (DWC/Huygens Instituut KNAW - Den Haag).