"Il Regno di Castiglia Nuova...", Cantelli da Vignola/de Rossi
Subject: Western Spain
Period: 1696 (dated)
Publication: Mercurio Geografico
Color: Hand Color
Size:
16.1 x 21.5 inches
40.9 x 54.6 cm
This handsome map depicts the present-day region of Extremadura, bounded by the cities of Bajajoz, Salamanca, and Talavera de la Reina and the border with Portugal. The map is fully engraved with hundreds of cities, mountain ranges, and rivers. This is the western half of a two-sheet map engraved by Antonio Barbey and published by Rossi's heir, Domenico de Rossi.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.ROSS-1d #64.
Condition: A
A superb, dark impression with a few tiny worm tracks along the centerfold that have been professionally infilled and some light creasing in the blank margins.
