Subject: Sicily, Italy
Period: 1584 (dated)
Publication: Theatri Orbis Terrarum Parergon
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19 x 14.6 inches
48.3 x 37.1 cm
Stunning map with three decorative cartouches and a large inset of the harbor and city of Syracuse. Ortelius based this map on Gastaldi's map of Sicily from 1545. The map locates numerous smaller islands and extends to show a small part of the mainland of Italy. The waters are filled with beautiful script, sea monsters, and ships. Latin text on verso, published in 1624.
References: Van den Broecke #211.6.
Condition: A
A sharp impression on a clean, bright sheet of watermarked paper with a couple of insignificant spots and a professionally repaired centerfold separation confined to the bottom blank margin.
