Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 2148

Eastern Europe > Russia, Ukraine

"Moschovia Nuova Tavola"

Modern map of Russia and the Ukraine, from the Barents to the Black Sea with the Crimea peninsula, the Sea of Azov and the Caspian Sea.

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 18,5 x 24 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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