Lot N. 23
Pierre Mortier (1661 - 1711)
La Ville et environs de Mantoue (1704 ca)
Presentée à sa Majestée Fredrich III Roy de Prusse [...] par Pierre Mortier, à Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Mortier.
Copper engraving, title within a nice decorative cartouche with a drape supported by an eagle, accompanied by the legend with the references to the places depicted, at the top left the coat of arms of Mantua, crusader shield with the image of Virgil, slight defects (tears along the upper margin and very slight traces of foxing)
Matrix CM 43x61
From "Nouveau Theater d'Italie", Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1704-1705, Volume I, table XXIV.
Bibliography: Mantova nelle stampe, 54