Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)
Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718
Mdina and Gozo, 1565
PIANTA DELLA CITA VECHIA / DI MALTA
published 1582Etching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges left, bottom and right | Scale: Scale bar: Scala de Cane n.ro. 50. | RCIN 721033.p
Plans of Mdina, oriented with south-south-west (Ostro-Libeccio; mariner’s compass rose) to top, and Gozo fortress, oriented with south (O[stro]; mariner’s compass rose) to top.
See RCIN 721033.a for further information and literature and further reading.
Matteo Perez d'Aleccio (1547-1616) (publisher) [along the bottom of the sheet, below the neatline:] APPRESSO MATTHEO PEREZ DE ALLECCIO FOGLIO QVINTO DECIMO ET VLTIMO ·IN ROMA·MDLXXXII·
Watermark: Hammer and anvil in circle [see Woodward 230]
Condition: mount slightly creased; 6.3 cm tear centre, top left [an old tear, made before being mounted]; considerable brown staining to left half, particularly pronounced on verso; traces of adhesive along top edge, perhaps from a former guard
Scale: Scale bar: Scala de Cane [‘n’ with a macron] n.ro. 50. [’50’ with line above]
32.0 x 45.0 cm (image, neatline and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
41.3 x 54.8 cm (mount)
Scale of left plan: 1:1,541. Scala de Cane n.ro 50 [the number has a line above and below the figures]
Scale of right plan: 1:1,337. Scala de Cane n.ro 60. [94 mm = 60]
Printed title:
PIANTA DELLA CITA VECHIA / DI MALTA [left plan]
Printed title:
PIANTA DELLA FORTE [‘T’ and ‘E’ combined] . / ZA DELL' ISOLA DEL GOZO. [right plan]
Printed title:
FOGLIO QVINTO DECIMO ET VLTIMO [bottom]
Additional text:
[left plan, in a cartouche, below the arms of Grand Master Hugo Loubenx:] Nella presente CITA ditta LA VECHIA mentre duro ...
Annotations:
George III heading: Malta
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] I/37p; [top left, red pencil:] 1/33; [top right, black pencil, cropped:] 1565].
George III catalogue entry:
Malta Ritratti della Guerra e dell’ Assedio et Assalti dati alla Isola di Malta dall’ Armata Turchesca l’anno 1565: da Matteo Perez di Allecio, 1582. 15 foglie.
Subject(s)
Mdina, L-Imidina, Malta (35°53ʹ13ʺN 14°24ʹ09ʺE)
Gozo, Malta (36°02ʹ58ʺN 14°15ʹ00ʺE)
Malta, independent political entity (35°55ʹ00ʺN 14°26ʹ00ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2680
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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