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Dear All, Dr. Maartje van Gelder of the University of Amsterdam asked me to post this message on MapHist for her. She would appreciated any suggestions. Regards, Diederick Wildeman Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum) Amsterdam -------------------------------------- I am looking for a rare and obscure bird's eye view-plan of Venice, engraved and published by Giacomo Franco (1550-1620) in 1597, probably based on a map by Furlani. Franco published various editions of this map, which differ mainly in the details beneath the plan, where he added or changed vignettes and legends. The map I am looking for was published in 1597, for the occasion of the incoronation of Dogaressa Morosina Morosini Grimani on 6 May 1597 (she was the wife of Doge Marino Grimani). Franco published three different editions of this particular plan in 1597, all related to this event and with vignettes depicting, for example, Doge and Dogaressa or parts of the festivities. The edition I am interested in has - beneath the plan, in the centre - two engravings of vessels, one above the other, entitled resp. above and below, 'il Teatro detto il mondo...' and 'Regatta fatta nelle feste...6 magio 97'. Giocondo Cassini included this particular edition in his Piante e vedute prospettiche di Venezia (1479-1855) con una interpretazione urbanistica di Egle R. Trincato (Venice 1971) on page 60 (Pianta prospettica della città e delle lagune incisa in rame da Giacomo Franco, Venezia 1597, edition B). The only location or provenance he gives is 'private collection'. Juergen Schultz in his detailed 'The printed plans and panoramic views of Venice (1486-1797)' in Saggi e memorie di storia dell' arte (Olschki; Florence 1970) describes this edition on p.61 (map 6.ii), and gives as location 'Beverly Hills (R.V. Boswell, Inc.)'. From what a quick internet search teaches me, Boswell Inc was a publisher. Does anyone know whether they actually had or have a map collection? (Or does it simply mean that Schulz gives a reproduction from a reproduction in a book by Boswell?) Or even better, does anyone know where I could find a copy of this particular Giacomo Franco map? I should maybe point out that I have searched most major map collections in libraries, including the Marciana in Venice, and that this particular edition is very similar but not identical to the maps in Franco's books Habiti d'huomeni et donne venetiane (1610) or Viaggio da Venetia (1598). Het Scheepvaartmuseum Diederick Wildeman Conservator Zeevaartkunde & Bibliotheek Collecties / Curator of Navigation & Library Collections T +31 (0) 20 5232 251 Postbus 15443, 1001 MK Amsterdam bezoekadres: Kattenburgerplein 1, Amsterdam www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl
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