An upside-down bird's-eye view of Italy from the Alps

VALLARDI, Antonio.

Italia come si presenta nella sua configurazione naturale all'altezza di circa 20, mille metri.
Milan, 1865. Chromolithograph. Sheet 395 x 550mm.

Narrow margins top and bottom, publication inscriptions rubbed, laid on canvas.

An unusual pictorial 'bird's eye' view of Italy, supposedly looking down from 20,000 feet in the Alps, also marking Malta and the North African coast at the top of the map. Above the map are nine city arms of the major towns; bottom left is a comparative table of mountain heights, also marking the volcanos of Etna and Vesuvius.


Stock ID : 24387