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Giacomo Giovanni Rossi (1627-1691) was an Italian engraver and printer. He worked in Rome, the heir to an important printing business founded by his father, Giuseppe de Rossi (1570-1639). Giuseppe began the press in 1633 and Giovanni and his brother, Giandomenico (1619-1653) took it over upon his death. The brothers expanded the business and by the mid-seventeenth century it was the best-known printing house in Rome.

For his maps, Giovanni worked with Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola. They produced the Atlas Mercurio Geografico. The first edition is undated, but the second was issued in 1692, a year after Giovanni’s death. The maps were by Cantelli. The firm also published maps based on those of Nicolas Sanson.

Later, the business passed to Lorenzo Filippo (1682-?). By 1738, the firm was known as Calcografia Camerale, then, from 1870 to 1945, as the Regia Calcografica. Today, the firm is still in business and is called Calcografia Nazionale. It operates as a free museum and offers one of the best collections of prints and plates in the world.

Place/Date:
Rome / 1696
Size:
22 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
74807
Place/Date:
Rome / 1672
Size:
21 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
59993
Place/Date:
Rome / 1687
Size:
21 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
75925
Place/Date:
Rome / 1678
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
92533
Place/Date:
Rome / 1678
Size:
22 x 16 inches
Condition:
Stock#:
92560
Place/Date:
Rome / 1679
Size:
18 x 22.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
92993
Place/Date:
Rome / 1687
Size:
22 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
99311

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Place/Date:
Rome / 1698
Size:
20 x 15 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
7057
Place/Date:
Rome / 1689
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
1729RB
Place/Date:
Rome / 1685
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
1744RB
Place/Date:
Rome / 1682
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
1762RB
Place/Date:
Rome / 1689
Size:
22 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
24651
Place/Date:
Rome / 1677
Size:
21 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
29194