Subject: Central Italy & Corsica
Period: 1572 (dated)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.1 x 12.9 inches
48.5 x 32.8 cm
Folio sheet with three separate maps. At left is a map of part of the Tuscan region in Italy with Sienna near the top, based on the work of Cesare Orlandi in 1573. At top right is the island of Corsica, based on the work of Agostino Giustiniani in 1567, and below that is the Ancona region along the coast of the Adriatic, based on an anonymous map from 1564 published by Vincenzo Luchini. Each map is adorned with decorative cartouches. German text on verso, published in 1573.
References: Van den Broecke #137.
Condition: B+
A nice impression with full contemporary color with light soiling and dampstaining along the centerfold and edges of the sheet. A short centerfold separation at bottom has been partially repaired with old paper on verso.