Septentrionalium regionum descriptio.
Marchetti, P.M.
[Brescia : P.M. Marchetti,
1598].
Relief shown pictorially.
At head of page: Del Mondo ; "101" top right.
On verso: Italian text headed "Russia" and starting with a large, decorative capital N ; "102" top left.
Imprint derives from the atlas in which the map was issued ; identified by text, capital letter style and pagination.
Issued in Marchetti's "Il theatro del monde" in 1598 : it was a plagiarised edition of Ortelius' "Epitome".
Plates subsequently re-used by Turrini in 1655 and Scipion Banca in 1667.
Features include ship.
Koeman,
Charlotte Smith Collection