Theatrum urbium italicarum Pietra Bertellego – przedsięwzięcie wydawnicze biskupa Hieronima Rozrażewskiego podczas jego podróży do Rzymu.
Theatrum urbium italicarum by Pietro Bertelli – Bishop Hieronim Rozrażewski’s publishing undertaking during his visits to Rome

Summary/Abstract: At the end of 1599, a richly illustrated book Theatrum urbium Italicarum appeared in Venice. The author and publisher was a printer and engraver of Padua - Pietro Bertelli. According to the information provided on the front page and the dedication text, the work was donated to the bishop of Kujawy and Pomorze, Hieronim Rozrażewski (1542-1600). The following article is devoted to several key issues related to the release and influence of this publication. First, the paper focuses on the direct creators of the book: the publisher Pietro Bertelli and the identifiable creators of the various prints (Jacopo Monticolo, Francesco Bertelli). Then it presents the typology of the town depictions, their iconographic representations and direct provenance. Establishing their origins and linking them with the real influence of Bertelli's publication on the illustration material of a number of later publishing undertakings allowed for determining Theatrum's importance in the development of a modern veduta. The text also discusses the problem of the origins of the book and the Polish hierarch’s involvement in this entire undertaking.

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