Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 2648

Northwest Africa > Marocco, Algeria

"Tabula Aphricae I."

Map of Northwest Africa, area of the former kingdom of Mauretania, Morocco and Algeria. In the style of Ptolemy.

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