ABOUT THE WORK

One of the very rare and most decorative and sought after large maps of the Philippines, based on the impossible to get mother of all maps of the Philippines, i.e., that of Murillo de Velarde. All of the islands are shown with remarkable detail. There is a terrific decorative title cartouche. The map stems from Zatta’s monumental, four volume work, “altante Novissimo,” one of the last great decorative atlases of the 18th Century.