Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 1548

Italy > Rome and its surrounding area, Roman Campagna, Lake Bracciano

"Territorio di Roma."

Modern map of the city of Rome and its surrounding ares, between Lake Bracciano and the Roman Campagna.

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 19,5 x 25,5 cm.

€ 240,-

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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