Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 0248

Iberian Peninsula > Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, Balearic Islands

"Hispania Nova Tabula"

Modern map of the Iberian Peninsula with Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, and the Balearic Islands.

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 19 x 26 cm.

€ 290,-

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.

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