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Giovan Battista Belluzzi e Anonimi del XVI secolo, Piante di cittą e fortezze
Giovan Battista Belluzzi and 16th-century anonymous, Piante di cittą e fortezze

16th cent.
Paper codex; ff. 136; 42,9x28,6 cm
Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Fondo Naz. II.I.280

In the map of Florence, on folio 2r, Belluzzi accurately portrays the state of the defense system wanted by Cosimo I de’ Medici in anticipation of the war against Siena.