Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 2948

Northern Africa > Egypt, eastern Libya

"Tabula Aphricae III."

Map of Egypt with the delta of the Nile, area between the Red Sea and the eastern part of Libya. 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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