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ANONYMOUS. Il vero ritratto di Nettuno al presente occupato da gl' imperiali. [Rome?:] 1557.
Engraved bird's-eye map of Nettuno on a single median sheet, 282 x 383mm. Title set in a ruled cartouche at upper centre, the map shows Nettuno within its walls, and its surrounding countryside and adjacent coastline, the seas decorated with galleons and smallships. (Trimmed to platemark and window-mounted, some discolouration, old guard on verso).
A RARE EARLY VIEW of Nettuno on the Tirrenic coast, near Rome. A fine and clear impression of the fortifications of Nettuno, the map also includes the neighbouring port of Anzio, Lago di Fogliano, and the peninsula of Circeo with its famous grottoes. This map was later reissued by Henricus van Schoel in Rome in 1602. Tooley 417, recording eight other copies; watermark, large six-pointed star in a circle surmounted by a cross.
Engraved bird's-eye map of Nettuno on a single median sheet, 282 x 383mm. Title set in a ruled cartouche at upper centre, the map shows Nettuno within its walls, and its surrounding countryside and adjacent coastline, the seas decorated with galleons and smallships. (Trimmed to platemark and window-mounted, some discolouration, old guard on verso).
A RARE EARLY VIEW of Nettuno on the Tirrenic coast, near Rome. A fine and clear impression of the fortifications of Nettuno, the map also includes the neighbouring port of Anzio, Lago di Fogliano, and the peninsula of Circeo with its famous grottoes. This map was later reissued by Henricus van Schoel in Rome in 1602. Tooley 417, recording eight other copies; watermark, large six-pointed star in a circle surmounted by a cross.