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Full wash color example of this rare decorative plan of Rome, published in Leiden by Halma and van der Aa.
This fine map of Rome is based on Giovanni Battista Falda's influential 12-sheet wall map, published in 1676. It provides remarkable detail down to the streets, churches, houses, gardens, piazzas, bridges and gates with the Vatican appearing in the immediate foreground. The legends flanking the map contain a key to 473 locations.
The City on Seven Hills is encompassed by its ancient walls and the banks of the River Tiber. Numerous monuments and sites, all of which are still present today, can be seen on the view, including the Coliseum, the Pantheon, the Piazza del Popolo, the Church of San Giovanni Laterno, the Castel Sant'Angelo and the Vatican, which is dominated by the Dome of St. Peter's Basilica and Gianlorenzo Bernini's great oval Colonnade that lines the square below.
Many allegorical renditions appear throughout the map. St. Peter is shown holding a large gold key, the figure of justice appears, and various figures in Roman dress abound. In all, a very nice map.
This is a circa 1710 state of the map with a re-engraving of the title cartouche. This map was first issued in 1694 by Halma and van der Aa.
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