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Description

Rare map of Dalmatia and Croatia, published by Ferrando Bertelli in 1563.

The map is modeled after a similar may by Giacomo Gastaldi.  Woodward also attributes the engraving of this plate to Paolo Forlani.

Judging from the number of surviving examples, Bertelli's map had greater editorial success than its prototype.  

States of the Map

  • State 1: Dated M. D. LXV, and imprint Ferando Bertelli exc in Venetia.
  • State 2: Bertelli's signature abraded and the original date, replaced by 1616 in Arabic numerals. Imprint, in Venetia near Franc.o Valegio.

The Lafreri School

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.

Reference
Bifolco Ronca 587