Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 0948

Ancient world, Roman Empire > Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia

"Tabula Europae VI."

Map of the Roman Empire with Italy and the southern and western islands Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia. 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 24,5 cm.

€ 360,-

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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