Subject: Northern & Central Italy
Period: 1570 (published)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.1 x 13.4 inches
48.5 x 34 cm
Handsome and beautifully composed sheet with three maps of important districts in Italy. At top is a map of Lake Como based on the cartography of Paulus Jovius. At bottom left is a fine map of the region surrounding Rome based on Eufrosino della Volpaia and at right a map of Friuli at the tip of the Gulf of Venice taken from the work of Gregorio Amaseo and Giovanni di Vavassore. Latin text on verso.
References: Van den Broecke #129.
Condition: B+
A nice impression on watermarked paper with a 1" tear to the right of the centerfold near the top that has been archivally repaired. There are faint damp stains in the top blank margin and a couple of worm tracks in the bottom blank margin.