Italy Italia 1719 Mallet decorative map w/ cherub cartouche fine hand color
Italy Italia 1719 Mallet decorative map w/ cherub cartouche fine hand color Italy Italia 1719 Mallet decorative map w/ cherub cartouche fine hand color
$ 225.00

Italie.

(Old Prints, Mallet Prints, Europe, Italian Peninsula, Holy Roman Empire Tuscany, Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia).

Issued 1719, Frankfurt, for A.M. Mallet. 

Charming 18th century copper engraved map with lovely hand color. Two cherubs hold a title banner aloft above the country.

The image has a near folk-art feel, a style unique to this historical era. Utterly unlike anything produced today and of modern aesthetic appeal for this reason.

Mostly clean and well preserved example, the image displays a pleasing age patina.

Sheet measures c. 7 7/8" H x 5 7/8" W.

Printed area measures c. 5 1/2" H x 4" W.

Cartographic Reference(s):

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. 3, pp. 196.

[R27783].