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A few weeks ago I was asked to help one of our buyers fulfill a long-held wish. He would love to own the beautifully detailed 1748 map of Rome from Giambattista Nolli’s Pianta Grande de Roma.
An important condition was that he really wanted the map in the highest possible resolution, because only then will it be possible to distinguish all the details that Nolli had applied in the map. Our client did not want to settle for less.
How did we help him? I will tell you. But first more information about the map.
The 1748 Map of Rome, by Giambattista Nolli is widely regarded by scholars as one of the most important historical documents of the city ever created.
The map is composed of 12 copper plate engravings that together measure 69×82 inches (176×208 cm). Nolli began surveying in 1736 and engraved in 1748.
It was by far the most accurate and detailed description of Rome.
Giambattista Nolli – also called Giovanni Battista (1701-1756) was an Italian architect and surveyor.
The Map of Rome he created was far the most accurate description of Rome produced to date at a time when the architectural achievement was in full flower.
With this plan Nolli attempted for a uniform representation of the city of Rome with an understanding of the urban fabric.
He used easy to understand cartographic symbols for the representation.
Several cartographic symbols are used to indicate drains, soldiers’ billets and cemeteries whereas various pictorial symbols represent river crafts, ferry boats, cargo craft and watermills.
Happily, we were able to make the map available to him in the 12 parts and, with a lot of patience, our buyer put all the pieces together himself.
In order to see the detailed information contained in the map, it was essential that the map was printed with the highest possible resolution. To the naked eye the giclee had to be virtually indistinguishable from the original when glazed and framed. This was important, because as I mentioned before, our buyer was not satisfied with lower quality. He had made that very clear to us.
Our art-printer Re-Art was then able to print the final image on age resistant white etching paper (with a weight of 270 gr/m2), printed with archival ink which results fading for > 100 years.
Our buyer was very happy with the result.
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