Central Italy Papal States Naples Rome Siena Elba 1883 Letts scarce map Americas & Americana Engraved frontis portrait protected by

Engraved frontis portrait protected by original tissue guards

Top blank margin shaved down to printed area

five lovely young women in a poetic beautiful Art Nouveau manner

Likely engraved by Hooker

Tales for Youth

Central Italy Papal States Naples Rome Siena Elba 1883 Letts scarce map Americas & Americana Engraved frontis portrait protected byItaly. (Europe, Italy, Naples, Papal States, Rome, Tuscany, Elba). Issued 1883, London by Letts. Scarce late 19th century color lithographed map. A later re issue of the SDUK maps originally printed some 40 years prior. Of particular modern interest for noting ruins and old forts. The red coastal dots locate British consulates and vice consulates, categories not typically found on maps of this era or region. Insets of Ancient Roman Forum and the Bay