Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 2848

Western Africa > Sahara and adjacent areas

"Afrika Minor Nuova Tavola."

Map of Western Africa between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Guinea, the Sahara Desert and adjacent areas.

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