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Auction 131, Lot 697

"Territorio di Roma", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Italy

Period: 1574 (published)

Publication: La geografia de Claudio Tolomeo…

Color: Black & White

Size:
10 x 7.3 inches
25.4 x 18.5 cm
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This fine little map of the Territory of Rome shows the city with several of the prominent buildings and the famous aqueducts. The beautifully engraved map shows rivers, bridges, mountains, cities and forests. North is in the top left corner.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara (Nordenskiold) #220-41.

Condition: A

Dark impression with faint damp stains in the blank margins, well away from the map.

Estimate: $250 - $300

Unsold

Closed on 3/17/2010

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