Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 2348

Southeastern Europe > Greece, Aegean Sea and islands (Crete, Cyclades, Euboea)

"Graetis nuova Tavola"

Modern map of Greece, the Aegean Sea and its islands, e.g. Crete, the Cyclades, and Euboea

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 19 x 24,5 cm.

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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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