Assisi Italy Home of St. Francis City Plan Bird's Eye View 1629 engraved print

Assisi - Patria di S Francisco.

(Old Maps, 17th Century Maps, Europe, Italy, Assisi, City Plan, Bird's Eye View).

Issued 1629, Padua, appresso- Francesco Bertelli, con lic. de' Sup. 

Delightful and rare antique engraved Italian city plan. 

A charming miniature map, with folk-art primitive style. The level of detail is astounding, hundreds of small individual buildings, a clearly recognizable urban plan set within old fortified stone walls, even dozens of individual minute garden plans, a city shield at top left corner. 

A very scarce early 17th century panoramic birds-eye urban plan with lovely hand color.

A cartographic style and depiction entirely unique to this historical era.

Sheet measures c. 6 1/8" H x 8 1/4 " W.

Printed area measures c. 4 5/8" H x 6 3/4 " W

[B13533].

Tooleys, Dictionary of Mapmakers, v. 1, p.149- citing only this 1629 printing, perhaps no further issues.