Arnoldo di ARNOLDI (d. 1602). Universale descrittione... 1634

Arnoldo di ARNOLDI (d. 1602)Universale descrittione del mondoSiena: Giovanni Florimi, 1634Second issueTwo sheets (Sheet: 32 1⁄4” x 20 3⁄8”, framed: 39 3⁄4” x 28 1⁄2”)Engraved, with original hand-coloring.A stadium map of the world, with scrollwork in the corners. The whole is surrounded by a white-on-black heraldic meander. At the top, the title. At the bottom, a description in four columns. At the lower left of the map, a cartouche with the arms of Federico Borromeo (il Giovane). Backed onto a sheet, evening out some irregular margins. Two vertical lines of soiling from earlier folds. Two areas restored in facsimile: ONDO in the title with its corresponding border, and a triangular section north of China centered on Tanguth. Some small patches of abrasion, but altogether in excellent shape, and with vivid original hand-color. Map historians refer to a group of loosely organized map makers active in 16th century Venice as the “Lafreri School.” The Lafreri School takes its name from Ant