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LIGORIO, Pirro (c. 1510-1583) and Sebastiano di RE (16th-century, engraver). La nova descrittione di tutta la patria del Friuli . Rome: Michele Tramezzino, 1563. Engraved map of Friuli on a single Royal sheet, 406 x 606mm. Title set in a decorative strapwork cartouche surmounted by putti, the lion of St Mark set in a cartouche. (Trimmed to plate mark, some staining and discolouration.) RARE AND IMPORTANT MAP OF FRIULI by Pirro Ligorio the famous Neapolitan architect, painter and cartographer, active in Rome and a pupil of Michelangelo. Almagià and Lago consider this map to be one of the richest and most detailed engraved maps of the 16th century. It owes something to Vavassori's map of 1553 and to Cortona's map of 1554 but its details reveal genuine local knowledge of the region. The map bears the largest number of cities, villages, roads, and fortresses, shown in their relative scale an correct position, of any contemporary map of Friuli. It has become, with its inclusion of many vernacular names, fundamental to the toponymy and the local history of the region. Tooley 230, recording six other impressions only; reproduced in Amalgià MIC , Tav. XXXIII. [ With :] K[ELLER], C[histophorus]?. Arbris der Landschaft, darin vornemlich der Krieg von Venedigern . No imprint, no date. Engraved map of the Isonzo river on a single median sheet, overall 306 x 362mm (engraving 214 x 269mm). Includes Palma, Gradisca, the river Vipa, Gorizia, and the surrounding mountains, compass rose, manuscript note 'AC 1618'. (Trimmed to plate mark and laid, some very occasional light spotting.) A fine clear impression of the border between Venice and Austria, concentrating on the orthography and hydrography of the region. (2)