CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria – CITTA E FORTEZZA DI MALTA – 1689

Description

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria (1650 – 1718) – 1689

Title of Map: CITTA E FORTEZZA DI MALTA

Title: 1689 – centre folded

from the atlas CITTA, / FORTEZZE, / ISOLE, E / PORTI PRINCIPALI / DELL’EUROPA in Venezia 1689

Year: map dated 1688

Plate size: 272 x 442 mm

Printing method: copper engraving

This edition was produced in collaboration with Coronelli’s colleague Antonio Parissoti. It includes maps of the islands of Rhodes, Calymnos, Symi, Telos, Cos, Nisyros, Leros, Icaria and islets lying off their coasts, most of which were under the dominion of the Order of the Knights of Saint John in the Dodecanese, as well as views of fortifications on these same islands.

Notes: The plan contains a key to placenames, marked A to Z. Relative letters inserted in map to correspond with legend on the left. The scale is shaded. Additions include: Corradin, Borgo della Citta Picciola and the dedication on the right. At bottom-left: con Priulegio di anni xxv.

At top-left corner: arms of the Order with the eight-pointed cross and the motto: PER LA FEDE. The plan is dedicated to Francesco Corner (scroll on the right side).On the Marsamxett side the projected fort on Manoel Island is shown as well as a fortification on Ta’ Xbiex and a large fortification on Dragut Point, captioned: Borgo della Citta Picciola. The first edition was dated 1686 and on this copy, the last digit was changed to 8, altering the date to 1688. This plan comes as a pair with the map of Malta in this collection for sale separately.