Is this a real 1704 Gerard Valk Map of Southern Italy (Kingdom of Naples)?

I found this at a thrift store today. It appears to be a 1704 Gerard Volk map of Italy. I googled it and found one for sale at Geographicus; a rare map site online
(https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/italiameridionalis-valk-1704) - the one for sale there measures 24.25" x 19.75" - mine measures (viewable area inside matting) 23.75" x 19.25" - exactly 1/2" less on each side; pretty close, right?
Also it says it's from a atlas - mine has a crease/wear along it's center.
It also says there are only 2 known examples, so it would be a long shot - but you never know!
Is there any way to tell without taking it out of the frame?
Any thoughts on it?
Thank you!



TAKEN OUTSIDE IN SUNLIGHT

 

looks real to me

 

Looks good and real to me too!

 

Without taking it out of the frame, please show us detail of the art and of some city labels that may no longer exist..?

 

This is the only art I see - I will take close up of parts of the map

 

Unfortunately its torn on the edge

 

Looks printed and hand coloured to me. I don't think that printing method existed in 1704 so probably Victorian era copy.
I'm having second thoughts. Those fine lines go in several directions so I'm probably wrong.
I'll shut up now.

 

I guess I'll have to open back to be sure before I try to sell it as a original
Thanks all!

 

Here's some parts of map

 

Think what they're saying is that there are only 2 known examples of the full original atlas:



'Separate issue examples are found in composite atlases as late as 1730.'

Think the first thing to check is whether there really is a fold across the center or just the appearance of a fold. If it really is creased, then you might have something there.

 

Will do - carefully!

 

Brown paper backing is really brittle & crumbles when you try to tear it + it has a cardboard backing under it - I hope it has linen or some other backing !

 

If it's a reproduction, the place names will not have been updated. Interesting question of whether there were any later editions with changes. Herculaneum shouldn't be on it because it was not discovered until a few years after the map was published. It's one of the places, like Pompeii, that was buried in the eruption of Vesuvius.

 

Well the crease in it is real & the measurements are almost the same - but someone mounted it to a board & it's in rough shape around some edges (but if it's 500 (or 400 if a later one?) years old that's to be expected, right?
It said they were made between 1704 & 1730 - could this be a 1730 example?
Thank you

 

Certainly looks genuine. If the site you found has their facts straight, it's approx. 300 years old, even if it's a later printing. (Math wasn't your best subject, I'm guessing.) Seems as though people are always being referred to FB groups. Maybe there's a cartography one?

 

lol - I think I counted 2020 as an extra 200 years! Man that's embarrassing!
I was thinking there may be a map forums site - I'll check both
Thanks

 

Put it back in the frame before you damage it.

 

YES^^ agreed!!

 

Is it handmade paper - showing laid and chain lines?

 

From what I can see in the enlargements it does appear to show laid lines, albeit faintly.