Tooley, Maps and Mapmakers (1984); Frangenberg, Chorographies of Florence. The Use of City Views and City Plans in the Sixteenth Century, in: Imago Mundi, 46, 41-64. Not in Sabin et Alden-Landis.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition of the first topographical atlas of cities printed in Italy.<\/p>\n
In this work, the views often include animated figures and depict not only European cities (including Venice, Paris, Metz, Frankfurt and others) but also cities of the New World, including a very fine engraving of Tenochtitlan in Mexico. In the preface, the author promises his readers that this atlas contains all the latest information for the description of each place.<\/p>\n
“Havvi le imagini, o le piante di quasi tutte le primarie citt\u00e0 dell’Italia, anzi dell’Europa ; scolte, com’ella vedr\u00e0, in rame accuratamente : con una breve, ma verace, ma ordinata distrittione non solo delle origine loro ; ma di tutti appressogli accidenti loro maggiori: i quali approvano con l’autorit\u00e0 di molti scrittori, tenuti fino a questo giorno in gran conto”<\/p>\n
A work of great military significance, it contains numerous details on the cities\u2019 fortifications. In his study Renaissance War Studies<\/i>, Hale refers to Ballino\u2019s book as \u201cthe first topographical work aimed at an audience primarily interested in war<\/i>\u201d (p. 456). The cities are presented as battlefields, with strategic points indicated in the captions. Apart from their military significance, the views also offer an interesting insight into the development of architecture \u2013 for instance, the city of Rome is depicted on four plates (Ancient Rome, Medieval Rome, the fortifications of the \u2018Borgo di Roma\u2019, and Castel Sant\u2019Angelo), whilst the beautiful plan of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, featuring boats and figures, provides a wealth of detail on the city\u2019s architecture. Most of the engravings bear the signature of Domenico Zenoi.<\/p>\n
Bibliographers are unanimous in their appreciation of the quality of this atlas and praise the detail of its maps. Frangenberg, for instance, notes with regard to the map depicting Florence that it is \u201cthe first to provide a key<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ballino\u2019s atlas is the first Italian atlas of its kind and was preceded only by Du Pinet\u2019s work, Plants, Pourtraitz et Descriptions de Plusieurs Villes<\/i>, published in Lyon in 1564. The 52 engravings depict: Transsylvania, Venice, Fano, Mirandola, Florence, Siena, Rome (4), Ostia, Nettuno, Civitella, Vicovarro, Naples, Messina, Genova, Parma, Piacenza, Milan, Crescentino, Paris, Perpignan, Metz, Tionville, Calais, Gu\u00eenes (printed upside-down), Antverp, Gravelines, Augsburg, Francfurt, Geneva, Gotha, Wittenberg, Vienna, Agria (Hungaria), Giavarino (Hungaria), Comar (Austria), Gyula, Tocai, Sziget, Saaca, Constantinople, siege at Tokay (signed by Forlani in the copper plate), Jerusalem, Tiberiade, Malta (one view of the island, the other showing the fortifications), Tripolis, Zerbe (Africa), the Rock of V\u00e9lez de Gomera, and Tenochtitlan.<\/p>\n
Very good copy, small occasional marginal waterstain, view of Siena with small ink stains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
4to (265 x 200 mm) 3 unn.ll. (engraved title, engraved dedication leaf, index with the map of Transsylvania recto), 50 unn.ll. with 49 double-page maps and plans and two single page maps and plans, 1 unn.l. with the index. Modern flexible vellum, bound in style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":83829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[552],"product_tag":[1408,1450,1397,1369,620],"class_list":{"0":"post-83841","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-travel","7":"product_tag-atlas-2","8":"product_tag-first-edition","9":"product_tag-italy","10":"product_tag-mexico","11":"product_tag-travel","12":"pa_auteur-ballino-giulio-2","13":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","15":"first","16":"instock","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"BALLINO Giulio","chapeau":"One of the earliest illustrations of Mexico City","adresse_bibliographique":"Venise, Bolognino Zaltieri, 1569","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":"oui"},"yoast_head":"\n