Interesting pair of maps of the northern part of Italy and Corsica, showing the ancient and modern features. The pair of maps was prepared by Arrowsmith in an atlas intended to provide a comparison of ancient and modern regions.
Gorgeous full color example of Tallis's map of Northern Italy, with decorative vignettes showing The Grand Canal in Venice and St. Peter's in Rome, plus two other vignettes. Engraved for R. Montgomery Martin's Illustrated Atlas. Tallis was one of the...
Nice example of the 1525 edition of Lorenz Fries map of Sicily and Sardinia. First published in Strasbourg by Johannes Gruninger in 1522, Fries map is based upon Waldseemuller's map of 1513.
A rare and finely engraved 'Lafreri School' map of Rome and Latium, by the Venetian master Giovanni Francesco Camocio, after the cartography of Eufrosino della Volpaia. This fine map is the first state of one of the earliest printed maps of Latium...
Lafreri map Of The Bay of Pozzoli Rare separately published chart of the environs of Pozzoli, immediately to the west of Naples, published in Rome in 1586. The map is oriented with west towards the top of the map and includes Roman ruins, mountains,...
Striking old color example of Ortelius' map of Ischia, from Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The map is based on a map engraved by Mario Cartario, in a book about Ischia, written by Guilio Iasolino in 1568.
Striking map of the area around Pozzuoli and the northwestern part of the Bay of Naples. Includes a key identifying 42 place names.
Nice old color example of Jansson's map of the north part Calabria. Includes sailing ships and decorative cartouche. Larger towns include Cosenza and Rossano.
Finely engraved map of the Kingdom of Naples. Includes 12 coats of arms of the local regions on left and right, along with the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Naples above the cartouche and the coat of arms of Spain at the top right.
Nicolas Sanson's 1648 double-page engraved map of Calabria, the Strait of Messina, and northern Sicily.
Nicolas Sanson's 1648 double-page engraved map of the Kingdom of Naples.
Antique engraved map of the conquests of Pyrrhus of Epirus, covering Greece, Southern Italy, and Sicily. The map was published in Paris in 1660 by Pierre Du Val.
Nice example of Valk & Schenk's map of Calabria and the northern tip of Sicily. Includes sailing ships, a sea monster and decorative cartouche. Larger cities include Reggio Calabria, Bova, Fiumara, Gerace, Oppida, Nicotera, Isola (di Capo...
Nice old color example of Valk & Schenk's map of the north part Calabria. Includes sailing ships and decorative cartouche. Larger towns include Cosenza and Rossano.
Fine chart of the Mediterranean coastline Southern Italy and southern part of Sicily, which appeared in Volume 1 of Coronelli's Corso Geographico, published in Venice. The sea chart would appear to be the chart originally issued in 1663 by Francesco...
A fine example of Pieter Mortier's map of Eastern Italy which includes the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily. The map details the surrounding areas of Italy such as the Dalmatian Islands in the Adriatic, the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily in the...