"Pedemontanae Vicinorumque Regionum Auctore Iacobo Castaldo Descrip.", Ortelius, Abraham

Ortelius based his map of the Piedmont region on the cartography of Giacomo Gastaldi. Milan is in the upper right corner and Monaco is at lower left. The map is a great illustration of the mountainous countryside and is filled with information including even the tiniest of villages. Ornamented with two cartouches and a sailing ship in the Mediterranean. French text on verso. There is a visible crack in the plate at bottom.

References: Van den Broecke #128.

Condition: A

A nice impression on a bright sheet with marginal soiling and minor show-through of text on verso. On verso, half of the page is covered in old, manuscript text.