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Work title: 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 throughout the XVII and XVIII centuries. This edition dedicated to Abate Ruberto Papafava ("Dedicated to the most illustrious and reverend Sir Abate Ruberto Papafava, Noble of Veneto"), corresponds to the Padovan editions from the mid-seventeenth century, in particular those published in 1654, 1659, or 1675. Publisher and place: Printed in Padua by Mattio Cadorini (or for Cadorino) Engraving on copper, black and white, excellent inking and intaglio printing on watermarked rag paper, minimal margins, the margin opposite the binding showing wear, browning, oxidation and yellowing; all as in the photo. Good condition, with light traces of freckles 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 (package) must be contested and reported to the courier at delivery. Otherwise, it will not be possible to activate the insurance reimbursement procedure. The Itinerario, overo nuova descrittione de' viaggi principali d'Italia is a famous seventeenth-century travel guide, originally written in Latin by Francesco Scoto (Franz Schott) 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) mainly refers to an important Italian publisher, printer and bookseller of the seventeenth century. Franz Schott (1548-1622) Italianized as 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 was immensely successful 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 hailed from Antwerp and studied law. As noted, in 1600 Schott published the first edition of the work in Latin under the title Itinerarii Italiae at Jeans Moretus in 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 practical guide for getting around easily. In 1601, by the effort of the two Padovan editors Francesco Bolzetta and Pietro Bertelli, the second Latin edition of Franz Schott’s Itinerario d’Italia was published in Italy, in Vicenza. The work was enriched with maps of some Italian cities and the text, by the editors’ wish, was expanded with the intervention of Geronimo Capugnano, a Dominican friar from Bologna. A later Latin edition was published by Pietro Bertelli in 1610 in Vicenza. In 1620 the same author Franz Schott, spurred by the immediate success of his Itinerario, attempted to publish another Latin edition of it, extending it to Germany. In 1625, after Schott’s death, his brother Andreas oversaw a new Latin edition of the Itinerario for a new jubilee year, followed by a edition published in Amsterdam in 1655 by the great geographical publisher Jodocus Jansson. This last edition, erroneously attributed to Andreas Schott, included eighteen city maps of Italy, largely derived from Joannes Jansson’s atlas, Illustrium Italiane urbium tabulae, published in 1657, whose plans had already appeared in 1626 in the 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 erroneously attributed the work to Andreas Schott. From this first Italian edition all subsequent Italian editions descended. Thanks to Francesco Bolzetta, the Vicenza editions appeared in 1615, 1622 and 1638, and the Padovan editions of 1629, 1642 and 1649. In all these Italian editions the error of attributing the work to Andreas Schott instead of his brother Franz has been 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 to its rightful author, Franz Schott, was restored. University of Genoa
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