Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 3548

Middle East > Persia, Iran and adjacent countries

"Persia Nuova Tavola."

Map of Persia with the area between the Persian Gulf, the Black Sea (Mar Mazor) and the Caspian Sea (Mar de Bachan) Meer, Iran and adjacent countries.

Etching from a Geography of Ptolemy edited by Girolamo Ruscelli, printed and published by Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice 1561, 18,5 x 25 cm.

€ 230,-

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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