Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 3248

Northern Africa > Egypt, delta of the Nile

"Egitto nuova Tavola."

Map of the delta of the Nile river, northern Egypt.

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

€ 220,-

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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