"Les Environs de Rome",
Subject: Western Italy, Rome
Period: 1770 (circa)
Publication: Histoire Universelle depuis le Commencement du Monde
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.8 x 12.6 inches
32.5 x 32 cm
This is a very fine map of the region surrounding Rome with the major roads delineated. The map extends north to Lake Bolsena and south to Circeo and is filled with ancient place names. This was published in volume VIII of Histoire Universelle depuis le Commencement du Monde jusqu'à Présent, Traduite de l'Anglois, published by Hans Kasper Arkstee & Hendrick Merkus.
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Condition: A
A crisp impression on a bright sheet, issued folding and now flattened with a few faint spots at bottom. The left margin has been extended with period-correct paper to accommodate framing.
