"Tavola Nuova di Prussia et di Livonia", Ruscelli, Girolamo
Subject: Baltic
Period: 1561 (published)
Publication: La Geographia di Claudio Tolomeo Allessandriono
Color: Hand Color
Size:
9.7 x 7.5 inches 24.6 x 19.1 cm
This Ptolemaic map of the region from Pomerania to Livonia, includes a portion of Estonia, and coastal detail on the Baltic Sea with a small section of the island of Gotland at top. The sheet features a stipple engraved sea in the Italian style with pictorial topography and many place names.
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Condition: B+
The centerfold is reinforced on verso with light Japanese tissue and there is faint toning along the fold.
