Neapolitanum Regnum

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Copper engraving, handcolored in outline, when published. A decorative map of Southern Italy, showing mainly the kingdom of Naples with neighbouring countries and the northern part of Sicily. The map is equipped with an enormous number of very small engraved place names. Probably near every small village can be found there. Ornated richly with a large figurative title cartouche, equipped below with twelve coat of arms of the various regions in the kingdom of Naples. The map is also ornated with colored scenes of sea monsters and ships in the Tyrhenion and Adriatic sea.