Classic 16th century map of Italy

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Italiae Novissima Descriptio Auctore Jacobo Castaldo Pedemontano.
Antwerp, 1598, French text edition. Coloured, 360 x 510mm.

A fine map of Italy after Giacomo Gastaldi, filled with decorative detail, including a large vignette of a merman and mermaid and a sphinx on the scale cartouche.

This example is printed from the second of two plates, with the mer-couple in a far less intimate embrace.

Van Den Broecke: 118
Stock ID : 16995