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"Italia", Ortelius/Coignet
Subject: Italy
Period: 1609 (circa)
Publication: Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum
Color: Black & White
Size:
4.9 x 3.3 inches
12.4 x 8.4 cm
Charming little map of Italy including Corsica and parts of Sardinia and Sicily. 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, published in either the 1609 or 1612 edition.
References: King (2nd ed.) p. 86-87; Van der Krogt (Vol. III) #7000:333.
Condition: B
A nice impression with some soiling and a damp stain at top right. A small chip in the blank margin at top right has been archivally repaired.
