Subject: Mexico City, Mexico
Period: 1576 (published)
Publication: L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo
Color: Black & White
Size:
5.6 x 4.2 inches
14.2 x 10.7 cm
This lovely bird's-eye plan of Mexico City depicts the center of the city as a large island in a lake surrounded by smaller islands with houses and fortifications and bridges. The map is set within a page of Italian text (7.4 x 10.8"), with Italian text on verso as well. The text describes the geography and history of the great Aztec capital. Engraved by Girolamo Porro.
References: King (3rd ed.) #1572; Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #187-37.
Condition: B+
A nice impression on watermarked paper with a few printer's creases in map image, minor foxing in the margins, and a couple short tears in the bottom left blank margin.
