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Auction 172, Lot 663
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"Calecut Nuova Tavola", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: India & Sri Lanka

Period: 1574 (published)

Publication: La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.5 x 7 inches
24.1 x 17.8 cm
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Ruscelli's version of Gastaldi's modern map of India. The subcontinent is depicted in a very narrow form with the northern parts of India not shown. Most of the island of present-day Sri Lanka, here called Ceilam, is included. Italian text on verso.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #220-57.

Condition: B+

There is faint toning and offsetting along the centerfold with some minor foxing mostly in the blank margins.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $130

Closed on 4/17/2019

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