Italy in Caesars time old antique map Cellarius 1731
Title: Regiones Italiae Ex Augusti Caesaris Divisione
Italy in the time of Caesar Augustus old map from Notitia Orbis Antiqui, Sive Geographia Plenior… 18th-century engraving with fine detailed coloring.
Mapmaker: Christophorous Cellarius (1638-1707) A professor of Geography who held postions in Weimar and Halle Germany. Although the Ancient-Medieval-Modern division of history was used earlier by Italian Renaissance scholars Leonardo Bruni and Flavio Biondo, Cellarius' ''Universal History Divided into an Ancient, Medieval, and New Period'' helped popularize it.
Size: Sheet app.: 35.5 x 24 cm. 14 x 9.5 inches. Image app.: 30.5 x 20 cm. 12 x 8 inches. Condition: Very good, faint browning in centre fold. Washed and deacidified.