Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 1448

Italy > Central Italy, Tuscany

"Toscana Nuova Tavola."

Modern map of the Tuscany, in the western part of Central Italy.

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

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