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SOLI, Achille. Pisa. Siena: Matteo Florimi, [before 1612].
Woodcut bird's-eye plan of Pisa, 398 x 528. Title in a strapwork surround surmounted by the arms of the Medici and Pisa, key in strapwork cartouche at upper left corner. (Trimmed to plate mark with slight loss, window-mounted, some staining.)
A rare and very early separately issued plan of Pisa, covering the city in its entirety and showing on the left the Campo dei Miracoli with its famous Baptistry and leaning tower. Soli was a Sienese architectural draughtsman, painter, and engraver, who worked with Lafreri and Florimi. His is also knwon for a views of Siena (undated), Zighet (Rome, Lafreri, 1566), Jerusalem (undated), and Malta (undated). This plan is in the British Libray map room, which has no earlier separately issued map of Pisa. Soli does not record Soli in his Dictionary of Mapmakers.
Woodcut bird's-eye plan of Pisa, 398 x 528. Title in a strapwork surround surmounted by the arms of the Medici and Pisa, key in strapwork cartouche at upper left corner. (Trimmed to plate mark with slight loss, window-mounted, some staining.)
A rare and very early separately issued plan of Pisa, covering the city in its entirety and showing on the left the Campo dei Miracoli with its famous Baptistry and leaning tower. Soli was a Sienese architectural draughtsman, painter, and engraver, who worked with Lafreri and Florimi. His is also knwon for a views of Siena (undated), Zighet (Rome, Lafreri, 1566), Jerusalem (undated), and Malta (undated). This plan is in the British Libray map room, which has no earlier separately issued map of Pisa. Soli does not record Soli in his Dictionary of Mapmakers.