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Auction 175, Lot 509

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

Subject: Northern & Central Italy, Lake Como

Period: 1581 (published)

Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Color: Hand Color

Size:
18.8 x 13.1 inches
47.8 x 33.3 cm
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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. French text on verso.

References: Van den Broecke #129.

Condition: A

A nice impression on a bright sheet with minor show-through of text on verso and some stains in the top corners of the sheet, well away from the image.

Estimate: $400 - $475

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Closed on 11/13/2019

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