Antwerps Ortelius Abraham, 1584. Italy. "Italiae Novissima Descriptio Auctore Iacobo Gastaldo Pedemontano". Orig. copperplate engraving after G. Gastaldi's map of Italy. A. Ortelius, Antwerps, 1584. Orig. old colouring. With ornamental title cartouche, a depiction of an merman and mermaid, many ships and a cartouche with the scale of map. 35:49 cm (13 3/4 x 19 1/4 inch.). V. d. Broecke Nr. 118; Koeman III, map 7000:31B, ed. 31:041 (1592 Latin). - A decorative map of Italy.