Lake Como. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) Larii Lacus Vulgo Comensis Descriptio. Auct. Paulo Jovio

Lake Como. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) Larii Lacus Vulgo Comensis Descriptio. Auct. Paulo Jovio . Antwerp, 1587. Double-page folio engraved map with discreet join, hand-colored, framed, with Lake Como at the top, and the two bottom thirds with insets of the region surrounding Rome and a portion of Friuli. Ortelius's characteristic attention to detail is heightened by the hand-coloring. The Lake Como portion is done in trompe l'oeil style with tackheads and curling edges.