Italia mit Dreien Fuernemsten Inseln, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicilia. - extremely rare original antique hand-coloured woodcut engraved map of Italy, published by Sebastian Münster in the German edition of Cosmographia, Basel, 1578. A double-page sheet from Münster’s Cosmographia (Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder), depicting Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia, as well as parts of France, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, showing the rivers, lakes, mountain ranges and major cities. On the verso is an elaborately decorative allegorical cartouche with German text, as shown. The map is in exceptionally good and clean condition, with attractive original hand-colouring throughout. The colours remain rich, bright, and highly appealing, more vivid in reality than shown in the photographs, particularly the reds, blues, and greens, with beautiful tonal gradation. It measures approximately 16 x 13 inches (40 x 33 cm) and will be dispatched rolled in a postal tube. A beautiful example of this extremely rare map from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia, for serious collectors.

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