Central Italy Tuscany Papal States Italia 1748 antique Homann old hand color map

Status Ecclesiastici nee non Magni Ducatus Toscanae Nova Tabula Geographica Nova Tabula Geographica...

(Tuscany- Italy- Toscana- Italia)

Issued 1748, Nuremberg Germany by Homann Heirs

Attractive original antique engraved map with pleasing original hand color. Cartouche also colored (perhaps recent?).

Printed on quality paper which retains its inherent structural flexibility and soundness.

In Good+ or better condition, minor light surface dustiness & age toning as typical, slight paper wrinkle along bottom to left of centerfold, overall the map remains clean and displays well.

Please inspect photos closely, any noteworthy flaws to the printed surface area should be visible within picture provided.

Original fold lines as issued.

[ note: We grade very conservatively and always seek to disclose any noteworthy flaws. We are doing our best to show & describe this item so you are happy when it arrives ].

Overall a nice impression of an original and interesting antique map that any collector, curator or institution would be happy to own or display.

Sheet measures c. 20 7/8" H x 24 1/4" W

Printed area measures c. 18 7/8" H x 20 7/8" W.

R984

Tooleys' Dictionary of Mapmakers , vol. 2, p. 361-2

Rhyiner Collection, Rhy 4001 20