Italy Italia c.1770 Isaak Tirion rare folio sheet antique map not in Borri

NIEUWE KAART van. 

ITALIE. 
na de Nieuwste waarnemingen. 
van de l'Isle en andere. 

(Italy- Italia).

Issued Amsterdam, c.1769 by Tirion.

In near VG, mostly clean condition. Some minor light color offsetting in Gulf of Venice, but otherwise visually attractive example.

Sheet measures c. 19 1/2" W x 16" H.

Engraved area measures c. 14 3/4" W x 12 3/4" H.

Folio sheet, original centerfold as issued.

Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici , Tir 4 (72)- interestingly, this example is numbered "74" in top right blank margin, indicating a variant position within the atlas versus the one described by Koeman.

Borri, L'Italia Nell Antica Cartographia, curiously, not mentioned.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. 4, p. 278.

[vR18664].