Scotiae descriptio.
Banca, Scipion.
[Venice : Scipion Banca,
1667].
Relief shown pictorially.
On recto: Italian text, numbered "15" at top right, with running title "Il theatro del monde" above section title "Inghilterra"; map on verso.
Imprint derives from the atlas in which the map was issued; identified by text, lack of large capital letter and pagination.
Issued in Banca's "Il theatro del monde" in 1667: it was a plagiarised edition of Ortelius' "Epitome".
Plate re-used from Marchetti's "Il theatro del monde" in 1598.
Scale statement reads "Miliaria Scotiae" 50 = 30 mm.
Orientated with west to top.
Features include ships.
Koeman,
Charlotte Smith Collection