Italy - Veneto, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Tuscany and; Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600–1667), - Basse Lombardie, ou sont les Etats de Venise en Italie, Mantove, Parme, Modene, Trente» - 1681-1700

A precious and extremely detailed geopolitical map of northern and central Italy, titled "Lower Lombardy", produced by the famous royal cartographer Nicolas Sanson in 1648. At the time, the term "Lombardia" was used in a broad sense to identify the entire Po Valley and the surrounding territories.
The map traces with extraordinary precision the complex political borders of the 17th century, highlighted by hand-colored boundaries. Among the states represented are:
• The territories of the Republic of Venice (Domains of Terraferma, Istria).
• The Duchies of Mantua, Parma and Piacenza, Modena and Reggio.
• The Prince-Bishopric of Trento.
• The territories of the State of the Church (Legations of Bologna, Ferrara and Ravenna).
The orography is rendered with the classical system of the "mole-hills" to indicate the mountain ranges of the Alps and the Apennines. Of exceptional interest is the accurate hydrography of the Po valley, Lake Garda and the Po Delta, together with the rich toponymy in French and Italian that identifies hundreds of cities, towns, castles and coastal ports of the upper Adriatic (Gulf of Venice).

Good. Margins generally intact; the usual central vertical editorial crease present.