Coronelli's famous map of Cyprus in rare contemporary colour

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.

Acamantis Insula, hoggidi Cipro, Posseduta dalla Republica Veneta sin'all'Anno 1571.
Venice, c.1696. Original colour. 465 x 610mm.

Minor repairs to centre fold and margin.

Coronelli's large map of the island, with decorative cartouche with the title on an ox-hide, a scale cartouche featuring the Lusigan coat of arms and a piction of the architrave of the Cornaro Palace in Venice with more armorials.
Coronelli's maps were rarely coloured at the time of publication.

STYLIANOU: 138; BANK OF CYPRUS: 101.1; IOANNOU: 55.
Stock ID : 19715