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Introduction:

The Lafreri School is a commonly used name for a group of mapmakers, engravers, and publishers who worked in Rome and Venice from ca. 1544 to 1585. The makers, who were loosely connected via business partnerships and collaborations, created maps that were then bound into composite atlases; the maps would be chosen based on the buyer or compiler’s interests. As the maps were initially published as separate-sheets, the style and size of maps included under the umbrella of the “School” differed widely. These differences can also be seen in the surviving Lafreri atlases, which have maps bound in with varying formats including as folded maps, maps with wide, trimmed, or added margins, smaller maps, etc.

The most famous mapmakers of the School included Giacomo Gastaldi and Paolo Forlani, among others. The School’s namesake, Antonio Lafreri, was a map and printseller. His 1572 catalog of his stock, entitled Indice Delle Tavole Moderne Di Geografia Della Maggior Parte Del Mondo, has a similar title to many of the composite atlases and thus his name became associated with the entire output of the larger group.


Place/Date:
Venice / 1574 circa
Size:
6.2 x 8.6 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75164
Place/Date:
Rome / 1569 circa
Size:
16.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75053
Place/Date:
Venice / 1568
Size:
11.7 x 8.3 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
75232
Place/Date:
Venice / 1567
Size:
16.25 x 12.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75054
Place/Date:
Rome / 1585
Size:
19.8 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75553
Place/Date:
Rome / 1542
Size:
13.1 x 8.9 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75081
Place/Date:
Rome / 1549 circa (1602)
Size:
17.5 x 11.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
61425
Place/Date:
Rome / 1557 circa
Size:
15 x 11 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75487
Place/Date:
Rome / 1584
Size:
21.5 x 16 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75060
Place/Date:
Venice / 1562
Size:
14.5 x 20 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
88696
Place/Date:
Venice / 1558 circa
Size:
16.5 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75323
Place/Date:
Venice / 1560
Size:
22 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75498
Place/Date:
Rome / 1548
Size:
20.5 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75082
Place/Date:
Rome / 1558
Size:
24.5 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
70947md

Archived

Place/Date:
Venice / 1566
Size:
25.3 x 18.3 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
74213
Place/Date:
Venice / 1560 circa
Size:
8 x 10.3 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75001
Place/Date:
Rome / 1554
Size:
18.9 x 14.7 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75613
Place/Date:
Venice / 1562
Size:
15 x 20.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
83948
Place/Date:
Rome / 1586
Size:
20.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75120
Place/Date:
Venice / 1570
Size:
16.25 x 11.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75322
Place/Date:
Rome / 1564 (1602)
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
33679
Place/Date:
Venice / 1563
Size:
15.7 x 10.7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75295
Place/Date:
Venice / 1565
Size:
16 x 11.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75212
Place/Date:
Rome / 1548
Size:
21 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
67855
Place/Date:
Venice / 1548 circa
Size:
8 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75291
Place/Date:
Venice / 1560 circa
Size:
19.5 x 14.75 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75550
Place/Date:
Venice / 1562
Size:
18.9 x 12.1 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75361
Place/Date:
Rome / 1558
Size:
27 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75044
Place/Date:
Venice / 1545
Size:
21.5 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75108
Place/Date:
Venice / 1650 circa
Size:
20.5 x 13.6 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
59510sb
Place/Date:
Venice / 1566
Size:
13.5 x 10.25 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
81988
Place/Date:
Venice / 1560
Size:
21 x 19.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75356
Place/Date:
Venice / 1565
Size:
17 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
75425
Place/Date:
Rome / 1570 circa
Size:
9 x 11 inches whole sheet
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75209
Place/Date:
Rome / 1564 (1602)
Size:
18.5 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
75501