Gaiazzo Italy Bergamo City Plan Bird's Eye View 1629 Bertelli engraved print Cherbourg-Octeville view books shaken or loose

view books shaken or loose

a fragile ephemeral survival

An attractive vintage color lithographed topographical survey map

Inside is a full page illustration of "The Bathers" by Winslow Homer

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Gaiazzo Italy Bergamo City Plan Bird's Eye View 1629 Bertelli engraved print Cherbourg-Octeville view books shaken or looseGaiazzo. (Old Maps, 17th Century Maps, Europe, Italy, Bergamo, Gaiazzo, City Plans, Bird's Eye View). Issued 1629, Padova, appresso Francesco Bertelli, con lic. de' Sup. Delightful antique engraved Italian city plan. A most charming map, with a splendid near folk art primitive style. The level of detail is astounding, hundreds of small individual buildings, a clearly recognizable urban plan set within old fortified stone walls, even dozens of