Maps, Italy, Neptune and a mermaid, sail ships, sea monsters, Hondius, Janssonius
"Italia Nuovamente più perfetta che mai per inazi posta in luce, scolpita et con le suoi figure vivamente rappresentate"
Type of print: Copper etching
Author: Hendrik Hondius (1597-1651)
Publisher: Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664)
Color: Original hand coloring
Published: Amsterdam, 1644
Verso: Text in German
Very decorative map of Italy, including Sardinia and the northern tip of Sicily.
Original antique print
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God Neptune and a mermaid, sail boats, sea monsters, the Capitoline Wolf of Rome (Italian: Lupa Capitolina) with Romulus and Remus drinking from her teats, Renaissance title cartouche, author's cartouche and mileage cartouche with the heads of Remus and Romulus
Condition: Map has been restored. Ruptures and holes have been repaired and the map has been laid down on Japan paper. The repairs do not show from the front side! In the margins are light lines from previous matting.
Map: 36,8 x 48,8 cm (ca. 14.5 x 19.2")
Full page: 44,8 x 57,4 cm (ca. 17.6 x 22.6")
Keywords:
Dalmatia; Sardinia; Corsica; Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Montenegro; Albania; France; Helvetia; Switzerland; Germania; Hendrik de Hondt;
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