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Browse All : Separate Map by Piranesi, Giovanni Battista of Italy
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Author
[Nolli, Giovanni Battista, Piranesi, Giovanni Battista]
Note
Plan of Rome, reduced from the large Nolli "Topografia di Roma" on 12 sheets, with various views on border. published in 1748. He collaborated with Piranesi on this small reduction that appeared in the atlas of the 12 sheets, after the index. This is why it has the plate number 33 at top left and 34 at top right. The plan is by Giovanni Battista Nolli, the views around it by Piranesi. Map includes 170 entries in the index, and hundreds more locations marked on the actual plan. Includes dedicated text at the top left corner with a decorative cartouche. The city is represented only within the Aurelian walls except for areas outside the Porta Pia and the Porta del Popolo. Below the plan is a view of St. Peter's Square, the Trevi Fountain, Santa Maria Maggiore and Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. Shows names of buildings, plazas, churches, drainage, and other points of interest. Includes title cartouche.
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