Subject: Northern & Central Italy
Period: 1592 (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: A
A superb impression with full original color on paper with Ortelius' common horn watermark. The left and right edges of the sheet have been professionally backed in archival paper to repair a number of small tears and chips.