Carte, et description de l'Italie
Publisher: Chez l'auteur N. Sanson d'Abbeville, Geographe de sa Majeste
Published: 1648
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: Italy; Maps; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Table alphabetique de toutes les villes grandes, moyennes, et petites, et autres places qui sont de quelque consideration dans la carte de l'Italie.
Notes: Pt. 1: [58] leaves; pt. 2: [48] p.

Pt. 1 is wholly engraved.

Engraved general title page signed in the plate "F. Chauveau invent et fecit."

Pt. 2 has own title page with vignette (French royal coat of arms).

The maps for "Italia antiqua" and the "Carte generale" were engraved by Melchior Tavernier, published by Pierre Mariette, with privileges dated 1641 and 1643.

Maps are mounted on stubs.

Signatures: pt. 2: pi² A-L² (last leaf blank).

Tooley, R.V. Maps and map-makers, p. 40