Girolamo Ruscelli - Vincenzo Valgrisi

LN 4248

Southern Asia > Taprobana, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

"Tabula Asiae XII."

Map of the island Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in the Indian Ocean southeast of India, at the left side with a picture of an elephant. 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 24 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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