Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 0148

Iberian Peninsula > Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Balearic Islands

"Tabula Europae II."

Map of the Iberian Peninsula with Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, and the Balearic Islands. In the style of Ptolemy.

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 19 x 25 cm.

€ 280,-

Maps by Italian mapmakers of the 16th century are worked out very fine and are famous for their elegant design. Remained copies are quite rare. Zögner, Imago Germaniae, p 14.

Back

Kunstantiquariat Monika Schmidt • Munich • Germany • www.maps-n-views.com