Netherlands - Italy; G.Drogenham - Antique Map:Theatre de la Guerre en Italie(Teatro della Guerra in Italia). G.Drogenham. - 1701-1720

Original eighteenth-century geographical-military map titled "Theatre della Guerre en Italie" (relating to the War of the Spanish Succession), copper-engraved by Gerrit Drogenham, active in Amsterdam in the first half of the eighteenth century. The chart meticulously describes the war theatre of northern Italy (Po Valley), including strategic territories such as the Duchy of Milan, the Duchy of Mantua, the territory of Bologna, Ferrara and the Valli di Comacchio.
Era: first half of the eighteenth century (circa 1701-1735)
Sheet size: 32 cm x 24 cm
Technique: copper-engraving (intaglio) on contemporaneous laid paper
Condition: excellent overall. Free sheet, verso completely white and clean, margins intact.