Subject: Italy
Period: 1697 (published)
Publication: Geographia Universalis
Color: Black & White
Size:
7.9 x 5.8 inches
20.1 x 14.7 cm
This uncommon small map of Italy was published in the Leipzig edition of Antoine Pherotee de La Croix's Nouvelle Methode pour Apprendre Facilement la Geographie Universelle. Towns, cities, and political divisions are identified, and Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily are shown. An erupting Mount Etna is pictorially depicted and called M. Gibel. The map is flanked by 14 coats of arms, and the title cartouche is decorated by a figure in religious garb.
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Condition: B+
A dark impression with minor toning along the fold and a short wormtrack that enters the Sardinia coat of arms at bottom left. Issued folding.
