A beautiful 17th century carte-à-figure map of Italy

HONDIUS, Jodocus II.

Tabulae Italiae, Corsicae, Sardiniae, et adjacentium Regnorum. Nova et accurata delineation... Edita per Johannem Janssonium Amsterod. Aº1628.
Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, c.1630, German text edition. Fine original colour. 465 x 545mm.

A few small repairs.

Hondius's scarce large-format carte-à-figure map of Italy, with decorated borders containing twelve prospects of Rome, Naples, Venice, Florence, Genoa, Verona, Parma, Siena, Pozzuolo, Velletri, eight costume vignettes and six armorials. First issued c.1620, this example comes from the second state, with Jansson's name added, published in an atlas shortly after Hondius's death. Shortly afterwards it was replaced with a map without the borders.

BORRI: 85, the original state given a rarity level of 9.
Stock ID : 22286