"Opitu", Lovisa, Domenico

Miniature map of the region including Lake Bolsena and the city of Orvieto in central Italy. This map was published in Domenico Lovisa's Teatro del Mondo, a pocket atlas based on Abraham Ortelius' folio Theatrum. Loviso copied his maps from Pietro Maria Marchetti's pocket atlas, which itself is often referred to as the plagiarized version of the Epitome as Marchetti's copper plates are closely copied from those of Philip Galle's 1593 Italian edition. Although Lovisa's maps are nearly identical to Marchetti's, many of them can be identified by unfinished elements or a reversed letter "N," as in this example with the title reading "Opitu" instead of "Oropitum." Italian text on verso.

References: King (2nd Edition) pp. 162-163.

Condition: A

Minor marginal soiling and remnants of hinge tape on verso.