Venice: Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, 1750. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 13" x 16.75". This exquisite map of Sardinia has two country vignette cartouches that depict the island's idyllic lifestyle. Published circa 1750, the map dates to the period when the island was ruled by the House of Savoy. It features pictorial depictions of mountains, forts, and prominent churches, and cities and rivers are also labeled. The title cartouche in the lower left shows a man resting against a...... More

New York: Thomas Illman, 1835. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 10 3/8" x 12 5/8" Unusual map of Italy depicting the Kingdom of Naples, the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, and parts of Corsica. The map extends from the northern coast of Africa to the Papal states. Major cities, rivers, roads, and topographical features are labeled. Topography is depicted by hachure. In very good condition. Minor scuffs to margins, not affecting the image. David H. Burr (1803-1875)..... More

London: 1800. Map on two sheets. Engraving with original hand coloring. Each image measures 24 3/4" x 42 1/2". This large and detailed map of Italy includes the main peninsula, as well as Siciily, Sardinia, Corsica, Malta, Dalmatia, Croatia and the Adriatic. It was printed on 4 sheets, joined 2 by 2. Major roads, towns, rivers, lakes, islands, ports, harbors and topographical features are all labeled. The map is on two sheets, with the top half extending from southern Germany..... More

London: William Heather, 1824. Map. Uncolored engraving. Measures 6 1/4" x 7 1/2" Beautifully rendered nautical chart depicting the port of Longonsardo in Sardinia. The coastal tower, built in the 16th century to protect the port, is depicted with surrounding fortifications and structures. On the eastern coast, the map depicts the former village of Longosardo in ruins. Mountains are depicted pictorially. Map was drawn by Norie and engraved by J. Stephenson. Published in "The New Mediterranean Harbour Pilot", a maritime..... More

Venice. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Page measures 8.5" 11 3/8". Beautiful early map of Italy, circa 1562. Includes Corsica and parts of Sardinia and Sicily. From Ruscelli's Italian translation of Ptolemy's "Geographia", "La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo". Minor stains in bottom corners and along centerfold. Girolamo Ruscelli (c. 1504-1566) was a Venetian editor, cartographer and physician known best for his publication of Ptolemy's Geographia. More

London: James Wyld, 1844. Map. Engraving with original color outline. Image measures 25" x 22". Some toning, scuffs, dampstains and offsetting, and small chips around margins not affecting the image On thick paper. This striking map by James Wyld covers the Italian peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, as well as the Ischia, the Dalmatian Coast, and the French Riviera. Notes the political divisions as laid out in the Treaty of Paris, 1815. Regional divisions are showing by hand-colored outline, an important..... More