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696 - Amico da Gallipoli, Bernardino
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Amico da Gallipoli, Bernardino Treatise on plants and images of sacred buildings in the Holy Land, drawn in Jerusalem according to the rules of perspective, and true to scale … With engraved title page, printer’s mark at the end and 34 double-sheet-sized etchings by Jacques Callot, printed from 38 plates, with 46 numbered illustrations. Florence, Pietro Cecconcelli, 1619–20. 4°. 4 leaves, 65 pp. Engraved with filleted cover and red edges (slightly bumped). Second edition, and the first to be illustrated by Callot. - STC 29. - Cicognara 3932. - Ornamental Engravings Collection Berlin 2782. - Pollen I, 24. - Fowler 19. - Rohricht 837. - Tobler 87. - Includes a view and a plan of Jerusalem, as well as views of buildings with numerous details and floor plans; in many respects, it remains unsurpassed even today, according to Tobler. An important second edition of this famous travel work on the Holy Land and the holy sites of Jerusalem, written by the Franciscan friar Bernardino Amico, who served for many years in Jerusalem as guardian of the Custody of the Holy Land and surveyed the sacred buildings of Palestine from his own observations. The first edition of this early architectural treatise was published in Rome in 1609 with engravings by Antonio Tempesta, but it was not until this Florentine reprint—sponsored by Cosimo II de’ Medici was the first to feature the art-historically significant etchings by the young Lorraine master Jacques Callot, who, at the start of his career as a copperplate engraver, created his first major architectural views here, thereby making this work one of the most sought-after items for Callot collectors. The dedication to the Grand Duke is dated 20 November 1619 in Florence, whilst the colophon bears the year 1619 and the title states 1620, which explains the precise dual dating of this Baroque print. The atlas features floor plans, elevations and perspective views of Jerusalem’s most important holy sites, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Calvary, the Cenacle and the Temple Mount with the Dome of the Rock, as well as numerous other sacred buildings in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the Holy Land, precisely surveyed in accordance with the rules of perspective. The combination of precise architectural surveying and artistic copperplate engraving makes this work of pilgrimage literature one of the earliest and most reliable pictorial documentations of the holy sites on the ground, and a sought-after collector’s item for enthusiasts of travelogues and architectural literature from the early 17th The imprint at the end is dated ‘M.DC.XIX’. – Engraved title page remounted; a copy that has been gently washed. Second edition, and at the same time the first to be illustrated by Callot. It includes a view and a plan of Jerusalem, along with views of buildings showing numerous details and ground plans, which, according to Tobler, remain in many respects unsurpassed even today. An important second edition of this celebrated travel account of the Holy Land and the sacred sites of Jerusalem, written by the Franciscan friar Bernardino Amico, who served for a long time as guardian of the Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem and personally surveyed the sacred buildings of Palestine. The first edition of this early architectural treatise had appeared in Rome in 1609 with engravings by Antonio Tempesta, but it was only this Florentine reissue, sponsored by Cosimo II de’ Medici, that featured the art-historically significant etchings by the young Lorraine master Jacques Callot, who created his first major architectural views here at the very start of his career as a printmaker, making this work one of the most sought-after items amongst Callot collectors. The dedication to the Grand Duke is dated 20 November 1619 in Florence, whilst the colophon bears the date 1619 and the title page states 1620, which explains the precise double dating of this Baroque publication. The plates present floor plans, elevations and perspective views of the most important shrines in Jerusalem, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Mount Calvary and the Cenacle, as well as the Temple Mount with the Dome of the Rock, together with numerous other sacred buildings in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the Holy Land, precisely measured in accordance with the rules of perspective. The combination of precise architectural surveying and masterful engraving makes this work of pilgrimage literature one of the earliest and most reliable pictorial records of the holy sites produced on location, and a sought-after collector’s item for enthusiasts of travel accounts and architectural literature from the early seventeenth century. The printer’s note at the end is dated ‘M.DC.XIX’. The engraved title page has been newly mounted; the copy has been discreetly washed.
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