Descriptio vrbis Romae nouissima MDCL, 1650. Maggi, Giovanni, 1566-1618, cartographer. [1650] Bird's-eye view of Rome surrounded at top and sides by depictions of the seven major churches. At foot is a view of the Holy Door being opened by a pope, flanked on left by a table with 52 names keyed to sites on the view, and on right by a brief history of the city. Drawn by Giovanni Maggi in 1599 and first published at Rome by Lorenzo della Vaccharia on the occasion of the Jubilee Year 1600. In the present view the year in the title has been altered from MDC to MDCL; see Frutaz, Huelsen. Orient
Descriptio vrbis Romae nouissima MDCL, 1650. Maggi, Giovanni, 1566-1618, cartographer. [1650] Bird's-eye view of Rome surrounded at top and sides by depictions of the seven major churches. At foot is a view of the Holy Door being opened by a pope, flanked on left by a table with 52 names keyed to sites on the view, and on right by a brief history of the city. Drawn by Giovanni Maggi in 1599 and first published at Rome by Lorenzo della Vaccharia on the occasion of the Jubilee Year 1600. In the present view the year in the title has been altered from MDC to MDCL; see Frutaz, Huelsen. Oriented with east at top. Relief conveyed pictorially. Getty copy hinged at top edge onto heavy board and matted.
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