Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 3748

Middle East > Iran (Persia), Afghanistan, Pakistan (northern part)

"Tabula Asiae VII."

Map of the Middle East and of Central Asia from the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea to the sources of the Indus river, areas of the countries Iran (Persia), Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Usbekistan and the adjacent one. 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 25 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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