Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 3148

Northern Africa > from the Canary Islands to the Red Sea

"Tabula Aphricae IIII."

Map of Northern Africa from the Canary Islands ('Fortunate Insul.') to the Red Sea, and from the Mediterranean Sea to the sources of the Nile river. In the style of Ptolemy.

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 19 x 23 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.

Enlarged Picture

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