Chatelain's Map of Ancient Rome Printed Area Measurement_37 x 45 cm engraved by Benjamin Cole

engraved by Benjamin Cole

a 170 page hardback ‘travelogue for the short time visitor’ published by Cassell

and religion

Published a decade before the railway maps and guides which made him a household name

but it is possible that this curious map was not included in all copies

Chatelain's Map of Ancient Rome Printed Area Measurement_37 x 45 cm engraved by Benjamin ColePlan Des Antiquitez De Rome, Reprsentes Et Distingues Suivant La Situation De Chacun De Ses Anciens Monuments Roma Vetus This map of Rome is an early modern conception of the city in its ancient form, derived from Ambrogio Brambillas 1582 map and published in Chatelains encyclopaedic Atlas Historique. Chatelain's imaginative reconstruction ignores the private or domestic aspect of Rome to focus entirely on the principal public buildings and monuments.