Subject: Spain & Portugal
Period: 1730 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
23.5 x 18.8 inches
59.7 x 47.8 cm
Handsome, large map of the Iberian Peninsula, including the Balearic Islands and part of the north coast of Africa. The map is based on the cartography of Rodrigo Mendez Sylva. The sheet is filled with detail and decorated with a beautiful title cartouche featuring Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind and Chloris, the goddess of spring and flowers. Engraved by Joan van Lugtenburg. Latin title above map: Nova Regni Hispaniae Accurata Descriptio ad Usum Serenissimi Burgundiae Ducis.
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Condition: B+
Original outline color with light toning, faint spots, and short centerfold separations in top and bottom blank margins, just entering map border at bottom.