Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 0848

Ancient world, Roman Empire > Italy and northern and eastern areas from Rhaetia to Dalmatia

"Tabula Europae V."

Map of the Roman Empire with Italy and the northern and eastern areas from Rhaetia via Noricum, Pannonia to Dalmatia. In the style of Ptolemy.

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 18,5 x 25 cm.

€ 250,-

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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