"Larii Lacus Vulgo Comensis Descriptio, Auct Pavio Jovio [on sheet with] Territorii Romani Descrip [and] Fori Iulii, Vulgo Friuli Typus", Ortelius, Abraham

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. Published in the first Dutch edition in 1573.

References: Van den Broecke #129.

Condition: B+

Original color on watermarked paper with a couple of minute abrasions along centerfold at top and a printer's crease in top right corner. There are damp stains in blank margins that just enter map border in corners, with some paper weakness in bottom blank margin.