Italy.- Miniature Maps Ortelius (Abraham) Regni Neapolitani verissima Secundum...
Italy.- Miniature Maps Ortelius (Abraham) Regni Neapolitani verissima Secundum Antiquorum et Recentiorum Traditionem Descriptio, p. 67, the Kingdom of Naples from ‘Theatro del Mondo’ the plagiarised version of Ortelius’ pocket atlas published for the Italian market by Pietro Marchetti, uncoloured, Latin text on verso, 1589?; Bertius P. [Langenes, B.] Tirolis Comita, p. 420, a part of Austria, from the first edition of the Langenes’ atlas (later well-known under the name of Bertius), German text on verso, Middelburg, 1598/1600; Manesson Mallet (Alain) De l’Europe, figures XXXIX, XCVIII, XCIX, & CIII, from ‘Description de l’Univers’, one handcoloured, Paris, 1683; Mercator (Gerard) & Janssonius (Johannes) Forum Iulium, Karstia, Carniola, Histria etc., northern part of the Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Venice, present-day north eastern Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, German text on verso, c. 1648; Briet (Philippe) Antiquissima Orbis Delineatio, c. 1648, all uncoloured copper engraved maps; with Bordone (Benedetto) woodcut map of the islands in the bay of Naples, p. 26, from ‘Isolario’, Italian text, Venice, 1547, and another map of Italy, 18th century, light dust soiling, v.s. (10)
Estimated at £250 - £350
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Italy.- Miniature Maps Ortelius (Abraham) Regni Neapolitani verissima Secundum Antiquorum et Recentiorum Traditionem Descriptio, p. 67, the Kingdom of Naples from ‘Theatro del Mondo’ the plagiarised version of Ortelius’ pocket atlas published for the Italian market by Pietro Marchetti, uncoloured, Latin text on verso, 1589?; Bertius P. [Langenes, B.] Tirolis Comita, p. 420, a part of Austria, from the first edition of the Langenes’ atlas (later well-known under the name of Bertius), German text on verso, Middelburg, 1598/1600; Manesson Mallet (Alain) De l’Europe, figures XXXIX, XCVIII, XCIX, & CIII, from ‘Description de l’Univers’, one handcoloured, Paris, 1683; Mercator (Gerard) & Janssonius (Johannes) Forum Iulium, Karstia, Carniola, Histria etc., northern part of the Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Venice, present-day north eastern Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, German text on verso, c. 1648; Briet (Philippe) Antiquissima Orbis Delineatio, c. 1648, all uncoloured copper engraved maps; with Bordone (Benedetto) woodcut map of the islands in the bay of Naples, p. 26, from ‘Isolario’, Italian text, Venice, 1547, and another map of Italy, 18th century, light dust soiling, v.s. (10)
Estimated at £250 - £350
