Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 2448

Southeastern Europe > Turkey, Anatolia

"Natolia nuova Tavola"

Modern map of Turkey with the area of Anatolia, from Istanbul to the Euphrates river.

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

€ 210,-

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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