Lot N. 45
Frederick De Wit (1629 - 1706)
Insula sive Regnum Siciliae
(1629-1706)
watercoloured double page etching, title within cartouche, five panels with views and plans of Messina, Palermo, Catania and Trapani, as well as a map of Messina mistakenly referred to as Milazzo, reinforcement along the central fold line, some defects
sheet 53.5x62.7 cm, matrix 50.5x58.5 cm
From: De Wit, Atlas Major, Amsterdam: circa 1680
Literature: Valerio-Spagnolo, Sicily 1477-1861, The Spanish-Patermo collection in four centuries of cartography, 131