Italia nuovamente piu perfetta che mai per inanzi posta in luce.

Early map of Italy with rich decoration by J. Hondius. The map title is adorned with two caryatid-like women on either side. Below the ornate cartouche, the depiction of Rome's legendary founders, Romulus and Remus, being nursed by their adoptive wolf mother. The sea is embellished with numerous ships and sea monsters, while in the Tyrrhanean Sea, a mermaid and merman are depicted in an intimate embrace.

From the French edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Novus engravee in 1631 and printed in 1633.

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