Cesare Orlandi

Cesare Orlandi (Città della Pieve, 26 luglio 1734 – Perugia, 20 dicembre 1779) was an Italian writer and historian. He was a nobleman of Fermo, Atri and Città della Pieve,[2] and he's known only for his work Delle città d'Italia e sue isole adjacenti [sic] compendiose notizie[3] (1770-1778),[1] which contains comprehensive details and high-quality landscape views of many Italian cities (a landscape view is attached at the beginning of each section and for each city). It was published in volumes over almost a decade (1770-1778). He is likely to be the "Abatte Cesare Orlandi" who edited and published an edition of Cesare Ripa's "Iconology" in 1764, which contains a portrait.

Cesare Orlandi
Picture of Cesare Orlandi, taken from the first volume of his work Delle città d'Italia e sue isole adjacenti compendiose notizie (1770-1778)
Born(1734-07-26)July 26, 1734[1]
Died(1779-12-20)December 20, 1779[1]
Perugia
LanguageItalian

His work remained unfinished due to the author's death, occurred in 1779, and the Italian cities covered in his work span from letter A (Volume I[4]) to letter C (Volume V[5]). The work is often a valuable source of information about the structure, architecture, history and social organization of many Italian cities up to the XVIII century.

A picture taken from Cesare Orlandi's work, a landscape view of Altamura

Works
  • Orlandi, Cesare (1770). Delle città d'Italia e sue isole adjacenti [sic] compendiose notizie - Volume I. Perugia: Stamperia Augusta, presso Mario Riginaldi.
  • Orlandi, Cesare (1772). Delle città d'Italia e sue isole adjacenti [sic] compendiose notizie - Volume II. Perugia: Stamperia Augusta, presso Mario Riginaldi.
  • Orlandi, Cesare (1774). Delle città d'Italia e sue isole adjacenti [sic] compendiose notizie - Volume III. Perugia: Stamperia Augusta, presso Mario Riginaldi.
  • Orlandi, Cesare (1775). Delle città d'Italia e sue isole adjacenti [sic] compendiose notizie - Volume IV. Perugia: Stamperia Augusta, presso Mario Riginaldi.
  • Orlandi, Cesare (1778). Delle città d'Italia e sue isole adjacenti [sic] compendiose notizie - Volume V. Perugia: Stamperia Augusta, presso Mario Riginaldi.

See also

References
  1. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/cesare-orlandi_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29
  2. It is written at the bottom of the drawing on first page of volume I of his book Delle città d'Italia
  3. volume I
  4. C. Orlandi - Volume I
  5. C. Orlandi - Volume V
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