Old Roman Map of Augustan Italy by Delisle, 1715: Rome, Via Appia, Naples, Pompeii, Aquileia spain or other textiles

or other textiles

minimal composition: a saturated red field dominates the sheet while a wide band of sunlit yellow lettering commands the upper portion

a tangible connection to the past that invites exploration and discovery

Museo del Giocattolo

South Avenue

Old Roman Map of Augustan Italy by Delisle, 1715: Rome, Via Appia, Naples, Pompeii, Aquileia spain or other textilesTabula Italiae Antiquae in Regionis XI ab Augusto divisae, engraved in 1715 by Joanne Baptiste Liebaux for Guillaume De LIsle and later imprinted by Philippe Buache, is a learned reconstruction of Italy at the dawn of the Roman Empire. With color coded provinces and a title cartouche that signals its scholarly ambition, the map unites classical erudition with early Enlightenment science, exacta both to itinerant measurements and astronomical