All' illmo. Sigr. il Sr. Marcho Fucharo Barone di Kirchberg e' d' Waisenhoren ; Giacomo di Castaldi Piamotese Cosmographo in Venetia. Second state Ma... Show moreAll' illmo. Sigr. il Sr. Marcho Fucharo Barone di Kirchberg e' d' Waisenhoren ; Giacomo di Castaldi Piamotese Cosmographo in Venetia. Second state Map of the Arabian Peninsula, northeast Africa and western Asia with relief shown pictorially. Description Rare Second State of the Most Important 16th Century Map of the Middle East, etc. Fine example of Giacomo Gastaldi's rare 2-sheet wall map of the Middle East, covering Egypt, the Holy Land, the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and extending east across the Arabian Sea to the west coast of India. Gastaldi's 2-sheet map of the region is generally considered to be the single most influential map of the region published in the 16th century. The map would later be directly copied by Abraham Ortelius, Cornelis De Jode and Gerard Mercator in their respective atlases and other maps. In describing the map, Taleghani, et al noted: "In this large-scale map there appeared for the first time much material which was to recur in all western maps for the next century and a half, (Tibbetts, 1978:20). Gastaldi's representation of the Gulf broke with the Ptolemaic model: no longer a rectangle, it acquires its form of a segment and begins to take on its true contours. Ortelius, Mercator and other Dutch geographers then based their depictions of the Gulf on Gastaldi. Suarez describes at length the sources and innovations used by Gastaldi for all of his Asian continental maps, but foremost the three-sectional maps "had a major influence on the work of Ortelius and de Jode... In their representation of the coastlines his maps are superior to all previous known maps of Asia, either drawn by hand or printed" (Schilder in The Map Collector no. 17, p. 7). Nordenskiöld notes: Finally, it must be remembered that Gastaldi, under the guidance of Ramusio, is supposed to have aided in repairing or repainting the famous wall-maps in Sala dello scudo in Venice . . . If such was the case, it may be considered probable that the monumental maps of Africa and Asia by Gastaldi have had some connection to [Gastaldi's map of Asia], that these copper-plate engravings are a reproduction of the originals of the wall maps in that form which was given them in the middle of the sixteenth century. State The present example is a rare variant edition, bearing the imprint of "Petri de Nobilibus Formis." Pietro de Nobilis was a successor of Lafreri in Rome after 1580. Also, above the scale of miles is a further imprint reading: "In Roma appresso Paulo de Graciam." Rarity The second state is extremely rare. Tooley located only a single example in the Beans collection (now sold). Stefano Bifolco, in his recent census for his upcoming book on Italian Printed Maps from the 16th Century locates only 2 examples, Malta National Library and Jerusalem National Library (ex-Laor). Condition Description 2-sheets joined. Reference Cartographie Historique du Golfe Persique, Taleghani, Couo and Bacque-Grammont, 2006, p 152. Tooley, Maps in Italian Atlases of the Sixteenth Century, #54. Giacomo Gastaldi Biography Giacomo Gastaldi (1500-1566) is considered the foremost Italian cartographer of the sixteenth century, alongside Paolo Forlani. His skills of compilation are comparable to those of Mercator and Ortelius, yet much less is known of his life than of his two contemporaries. Gastaldi was born in Villafranca, Piedmont, but had established himself in Venice by 1539. He originally worked as an engineer, but turned to mapmaking from the 1540s onward. It was in Venice where he made his reputation as an engraver, geographer, and cosmographer; for example, he was asked to fresco maps of Asia and Africa in the Palace of the Doge, or the Council of Ten, Venice’s governmental body. He also frequently consulted on projects for the Savi sopra la Laguna, drawing maps for this body which oversaw the regulation of fresh and salt water around Venice. His contemporaries also recognized his skill, as he was named cosmographer to the Republic of Venice, was a member of the Accademia Veneziana, and was a major source for other geographers and mapmakers including Camocio, Bertelli, Cock, Luchini, and Ortelius. He even had his own distinct style of copper engraving that made him a pioneer in his day and makes his works iconic today. Gastaldi enjoyed an especially productive relationship with Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Secretary of the Venetian Senate, who used Gastaldi's maps for his famous travel account collection, Navigationi et Viaggi. Gastaldi also tutored Ramusio's son in cosmography. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00894 Print Map Item-ID: i25704424 BIB-ID: 2727736 Show less
Relief shown by hachures Showing overland and sea routes from Europe to India (Mail Steam Packet route overland Marseilles routes, the German... Show moreRelief shown by hachures Showing overland and sea routes from Europe to India (Mail Steam Packet route overland Marseilles routes, the German overland route, and the Euphrates route) . With many illustrations of a caravan, London Post Office, Gibraltar, Malta, Suez, Aden, Bombay, and Madras Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00425 Print Map Item-ID: i23872366 BIB-ID: 2537785 Show less
1522 reduction by Laurentz Fries of Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 map of India and Southeast Asia. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01233 Print Map I... Show more1522 reduction by Laurentz Fries of Martin Waldseemüller's 1513 map of India and Southeast Asia. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01233 Print Map Item-ID: i11404486 BIB-ID: 1729748 Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00645 Print Map Item-ID: i24499973 BIB-ID: 2621882 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00645 Print Map Item-ID: i24499973 BIB-ID: 2621882 Show less
Text on verso in Latin describes the islands. Archipelagi Insularum aliquot descrip. consists of 10 small ancillary maps: Metellino -- Cerigo --... Show moreText on verso in Latin describes the islands. Archipelagi Insularum aliquot descrip. consists of 10 small ancillary maps: Metellino -- Cerigo -- Scarpanto -- Nicsia -- Santorini -- Milo -- Stalimene -- Negroponte -- Rodus --Scio. From: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum... / [Abraham Ortelius]. [Antverpiae : apud C. Plantinum, 1584] p. 77. Relief shown pictorially. Includes Crete, Metellino, Cerigo, Scarpanto, Nicsia, Santorini, Milo, Stalimene, Negroponte, Rodus and Scio. From the Theatrum orbis terrarum. P. 77 Ort 147; (Koeman Atlantes Neerlandici III): 98; Van Den Broeck 147. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00376 Print Map Item-ID: i23825029 BIB-ID: 2535416 Latin Show less
Baltimore, Frederick Calvert , 1731-1771, Court and courtiers--Clothing, History--Social life and customes
Album collecting 24 of the 28 plates engraved after the drawings by Francis Smith as an illustration to the account by Lord Baltimore printed in... Show moreAlbum collecting 24 of the 28 plates engraved after the drawings by Francis Smith as an illustration to the account by Lord Baltimore printed in 1768. Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore, was an English nobleman. He lived in Istanbul between 1763 and 1764. He travelled to the East in the company of artist Fr. Smith, whose drawings illustrated Lord Baltimore's editions. In 1768, he was charged with rape, and although he was acquitted, left England in the face of public hostility. Reaching Naples in July or August 1771, Calvert died there on 14 September. The collection was probably assembled by the Italian engraver Carlo Nolli, to whose work the rest of the plates are related. He acquired directly or posthumously the copper plates by Lord Baltimore, who spent his last months in Naples in 1771. V. Grand Vizier -- VI. Reis Effendi, Principal Secretary of State. -- VII. Mufti. -- VIII. Kizlar Aga, chief of the Black Eunuchs. -- IX. Selictar Aga. -- X. Chiaus Bashi. -- XI. Aga -- XII. Arshi Cook of the Seraglio. -- XIII. Boustangi, Gardner of the Seraglio. -- XIV. Ashi Usta. -- XV. One of the Grand Signoirs Foot Guards. -- XVI. Sphais, or Horse Soldier. -- XVII. A Turkish Lady at Home. -- XVIII. A Turkish Lady. -- XIX. A Jewish Girl. -- XX. An Armenian Girl. -- XXI. A Turkish Dancer. -- XXII. A Grecian Woman. -- XXIII. A Greek Woman of Scio. -- XXIVA Greek Woman of Tino. -- XXV. A Greek Woman of Miconi. -- XXVI. A Greek Princess of Vallachia. -- XXVII. A Polander in Dress of the Court. -- XXVIII. A Polish Girl of Swanietz. Title and date devised by Library staff. Contemporary vellum-backed limp boards (worn). Plates from Lord Baltimore's collection are all numbered and captioned in English. A single sheet of letterpress bound at the end provides the "Traduzione Italiana della spiegazione Inglese", that is the Italian translation of the English description of all the plates illustrating the work of Lord Baltimore, including the 4 missing ones. Bound at the end are 9 plates depicting Roman reliefs Herculaneum engraved by Carlo Nolli after drawings by Paderni, Camillo (Italian portraitist and draftsman, active from ca. 1738, died ca. 1770), Giovanni Elia Morghen (1717-1790) and others. Also 1 leaf of engraved text by Carlo Nolli related to the Arch of Trajan in Ancona, Italy. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2015.0010 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25779928 BIB-ID: 2736605 Baltimore, Frederick Calvert. A Tour to the East, in the Years 1763, and 1764. With Remarks on the City of Constantinople and the Turks. Also, Select Pieces of Oriental Wit, Poetry and Wisdom. By F. Lord Baltimore. Dublin: Printed for J. Williams, 1768; Accademia ercolanese di archeologia, et al. [Antichità di Ercolano esposte con qualche spiegazione]. Napoli: Nella Regia Stamperia, 1755 ; Nolli, Carlo, Andrea Vici, and Francesco Giomignani. L'arco eretto all'imp. Nerva Traiano nel porto di Ancona. A.S.E.D. Francesco 4. d'Aquino patrizio napolitano... dedica l'erede di Carlo Nolli. 1770. Show less
