Subject: Italy
Period: 1644 (circa)
Publication: De Rebus Publicis Hanseaticis
Color: Hand Color
Size:
14.4 x 11.3 inches
36.6 x 28.7 cm
This handsome map of Italy includes Corsica and Sardinia. There are a number of place names along the coasts and a long mountain range extends the entire length of Italy. Decorated with five sailing ships and a strapwork title cartouche. Engraved by Merian and published in Johann Angel von Werdenhagen’s De Rebus Publicis Hanseaticis.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) G.Werd-1a #15.
Condition: B+
A sharp impression on a bright sheet with a watermark of interlocking Cs. There is light soiling, a bit of toning along the centerfold, and a few extraneous crease adjacent to the centerfold.
