Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 2548

Near East > Cyprus, Libanon, Palestine, Israel, Syria and adjacent countries

"Soria et Terra Santa Nuova Tavola"

Map of Southwest Asia with Cyprus, Libanon, Palestine, Israel, Syria and adjacent countries.

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