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Title of the work: Itinerario, overo nova descrittione de' viaggi principali d'Italia. It was the most famous and widespread guide for travelers of the Grand Tour in Italy during the 17th and 18th centuries. This edition dedicated to Abate Ruberto Papafava ("Dedicato all'Illustriss. et Reverendiss. Sig. Abbate Ruberto Papafava Nobile Veneto"), corresponds to the Padovan editions of the mid-17th century, in particular those published in 1654, 1659 or 1675. Publisher and Place: Printed in Padua by Mattio Cadorini (or for the Cadorino) Copper engraving in black and white, excellent stamping and calcographic printing on laid paper with watermark, minimal margins, the margin opposite the binding shows wear, browning, oxidation and yellowing; all as shown in the photo. Good state of conservation, with slight traces of foxing and browning. Editorial fold and visible signs of binding. Shipment insured via Bartolini/DPD courier. To benefit from the insurance coverage, any damage to the neck must be contested and reported to the courier at the time of delivery. Otherwise, it will not be possible to activate the insurance reimbursement procedure. The “Itinerario, overo nova descrittione de' viaggi principali d'Italia” is a famous travel guide of the 17th century, originally written in Latin by Francesco Scoto (Schott Franz) and subsequently translated into Italian, expanded and published in various editions between 1629 and 1670 (e.g., at Francesco Bolzetta or Gio. Pietro Brigonci). The book provides a detailed description of travels in Italy, enriched with city plans, bird's-eye views and maps, describing the most notable sights to see. With the name Mattio Cadorin (also known as Matteo Cadorin or under the pseudonym Bolzetta) there is a reference to an important editor, printer and bookseller in 17th-century Italy. Franz Schott (1548-1622) italianized (Francesco Scoto) Franz Schott, in Latin Franciscus Schottus, italianized Francesco Scoto (Antwerp, 1548 – 1622), was a jurist and Flemish traveler. Brother of Andreas Schott, he was the author of a guide for pilgrims bound for Italy for the Jubilee of 1600: the Itinerarium nobiliorum Italiae regionum, urbium, oppidorum, et locorum. The work achieved enormous success and was translated into Italian, English, French and reprinted until the eighteenth century. Little is known about the life of jurist Franz Schott, except that he came from Antwerp and studied jurisprudence. As mentioned, in 1600 Schott published the first edition of the Latin work under the title Itinerarii Italiae at Jeans Moretus of Antwerp, with the aim of providing readers, most of whom were pilgrims traveling to Italy and especially to Rome for the Holy Year, with a guide containing practical information to move around easily. In 1601, by the work of the two editors from Padua, Francesco Bolzetta and Pietro Bertelli, the second Latin edition of the Itinerario d'Italia by Franz Schott was published in Italy, in Vicenza. The work was enriched with maps of some Italian cities and the text, by the editors’ will, was expanded with the intervention of Geronimo Capugnano, a Dominican friar from Bologna. A subsequent Latin edition was published by Pietro Bertelli in 1610 in Vicenza. In 1620 the same author Franz Schott, driven by the immediate success of his Itinerario, attempted the publication of another Latin edition of the same, extending it to Germany. In 1625, after the death of Franz Schott, on the occasion of a new Jubilee year, his brother Andreas oversaw a new Latin edition of the Itinerario, which was followed by the edition published in Amsterdam in 1655 by the great geographic publisher Jodocus Jansson. This latter edition, mistakenly attributed to Andreas Schott, included eighteen city maps of Italy, largely derived from the atlas by Joannes Jansson, brother of the publisher, entitled Illustrium Italiane urbium tabulae and published in 1657, whose plans had, however, already appeared in 1626 in Nova et accurata Italiane descriptio. Particularly for the Italian editions, the first Italian edition of Schott’s Itinerario d’Italia was published in Venice in 1610 by the editor Francesco Bolzetta. It was based on the Latin text of 1601 but the title wrongly credited the work to Andreas Schott. From this first Italian edition all subsequent Italian editions descended. Through Francesco Bolzetta, the Vicenza editions appeared in 1615, 1622 and 1638, and the Padua editions in 1629, 1642 and 1649. In all these Italian editions the erroneous attribution of the work to Andreas Schott rather than to his brother Franz was maintained. In Rome, the Itinerario of Schott was published for the first time in 1650 by the editor Filippo De Rossi, based on the 1649 text. From this edition the attribution of the guide to its rightful author, Franz Schott, was restored. University of Genoa
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