"Pedemontana Regio", Ortelius/Coignet
Subject: Northwestern Italy
Period: 1601 (published)
Publication: Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.8 x 3.3 inches
12.2 x 8.4 cm
This charming miniature map of the Piedmont region shows rivers, mountains and cities, including Turin, Milan and Genoa. The map was engraved by the brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius who had been assistants to Frans Hogenburg and co-engravers of Ortelius' folio Theatrum. This series of maps was accompanied by text by Michel Coignet and was published by Jan van Keerbergen. Latin text on verso.
References: King (2nd ed.) pp. 86-87; Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #7050:333.
Condition: A
A dark impression on a clean, bright sheet with a professionally repaired chip at top right and a small abrasion in the border at top right.
