Rosaccio, Giuseppe (sold)
Giuseppe Rosaccio (approx. 1530 - 1620) was a Venetian physician, astrologer, and geographer. He was born in the Venetian city of Pordenone, and graduated from the University of Padua having studied philosophy, medicine and law. He moved to seek his fortune in Tricesimo, where he worked as a physician and may have taught literature. His legal education led him to serve as a judge there in civil trials during the period between 1561 and 1575. 1607 found him in Florence in the service of Grand Duke Cosimo II (patron of Galileo). Rosaccio married, and had at least two children: Leonardo - who died on April 30, 1603 - and Luigi (also rendered as Alouisio), who collaborated with his father in his geographical work.
He was a prolific author, producing as many as forty works disseminating new knowledge (to a lay audience, using the Italian vernacular). These were mostly on the topics of astronomy and his primary interest, geography. He ventured afield on an array of subjects, including essays on Islam. He remains best known for his geographical texts, which were popular and republished in multiple editions. These included a 1598 edition of Ptolemy, a 1607 geography of Italy, and his final work - the 1610 Discorso nel quale si tratta brevemente della nobiltà, et eccellenza della Terra rispetto à Cieli, et altri elementi, was dedicated to Cosimo II and contained novel information on the American continent, including Drake and Cavendish' circumnavigations. This work included a map drawn by his son Alouisio.
He was a prolific author, producing as many as forty works disseminating new knowledge (to a lay audience, using the Italian vernacular). These were mostly on the topics of astronomy and his primary interest, geography. He ventured afield on an array of subjects, including essays on Islam. He remains best known for his geographical texts, which were popular and republished in multiple editions. These included a 1598 edition of Ptolemy, a 1607 geography of Italy, and his final work - the 1610 Discorso nel quale si tratta brevemente della nobiltà, et eccellenza della Terra rispetto à Cieli, et altri elementi, was dedicated to Cosimo II and contained novel information on the American continent, including Drake and Cavendish' circumnavigations. This work included a map drawn by his son Alouisio.
One of the Earliest Double-Hemisphere World Maps, Updated.
Orbis Descriptio.
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This is a 1598, second-state issue of Girolamo Ruscelli's 1561 map of the world. In its first, 1561 state it was the earliest acquirable double-hemisphere world map, but even this later issue remains one of the earliest acquirable maps to use this format. Like most maps in Ruscelli’s Ptolemy, the geographic details were based on Giacomo Gastaldi's (1500 - 1566) 1548 Ptolemy. Here, the double-hemispherical projection transforms this map into a fully new composition. Amongst printed maps, it is predated only by the unacquirable 1555 Georgio Sideri 'Calapoda' (fl. 1537–1565) map. The 1598 edition of Ruscelli's Ptolemy was edited by Giuseppe Rosaccio, who updated many of the maps in order to make them more competitive; most often, this involved the addition of purely decorative elements. In the case of the present map, significant geographical changes have taken place, most notably the addition of a massive southern continent not present on the 1561 issue. (more details)
Dedicated to Galileo's Patron.
Universale Descrittione di Tutto Il Mondo Del Eccte. Gioseppe Rosaccio.
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This is a rare c. 1610 map of the world, engraved by Luigi Rosaccio for inclusion in his father Giuseppe Rosaccio's final geographical text. This being the only map to accompany the work, it was tasked with conveying a broad array of concepts. Thus, the attractive engraving contains two main maps, eight diagrams, and four vignettes in addition to the decorative and dedicatory elements of the work. (more details)
Scarce Miniature Africa.
[Untitled map of Africa].
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This attractive woodcut map of Africa was executed by Giuseppe Moretti for inclusion in the 1688 edition of Giuseppe Rosaccio's Teatro del Mondo. It is an entertaining composition, embellished with a sea monster in the Atlantic and a sailing ship entering the Indian Ocean. The appearance of a woodcut map in this period is itself unusual, especially coming from Italy. Venetian and Roman mapmakers had been working on copperplate well before that technology had passed to Antwerp and Amsterdam. (more details)
Scarce Miniature Map of Germany.
[Untitled map of Germany].
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This attractive woodcut map of Germany and its neighboring regions was executed by Giuseppe Moretti for inclusion in the 1688 edition of Giuseppe Rosaccio's Teatro del Mondo. It covers the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. The production of a woodcut map in this period is itself unusual, especially coming from Italy. Venetian and Roman mapmakers had been working on copperplate well before that technology had passed to Antwerp and Amsterdam. (more details)
Scarce Miniature British Isles.
[Untitled map of the British Isles].
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This attractive woodcut map of the British Isles was executed by Giuseppe Moretti for inclusion in the 1688 edition of Giuseppe Rosaccio's Teatro del Mondo. It is an entertaining composition, surrounding the islands with turbulent waves. (more details)
Scarce Miniature World.
[Untitled map of The World].
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This attractive woodcut map of the world was executed by Giuseppe Moretti for the title page of the 1688 edition of Giuseppe Rosaccio's Teatro del Mondo. It is a simple, oval projection of the world, illustrating the four known continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, as well as the massive, unknown Antarctic continent. The production of a woodcut map in this period is itself unusual, especially coming from Italy. Venetian and Roman mapmakers had been working on copperplate well before that technology had passed to Antwerp and Amsterdam. (more details)