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"Helvetia", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Switzerland

Period: 1596 (circa)

Publication: Geographiae Universae

Color: Black & White

Size:

6.8 x 5 inches
17.3 x 12.7 cm

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Delicately engraved little map delineating the lakes, towns, and alpine topography. Geneva is located at the left of the map as Colonia Geneva, and ancient tribes are named in this former Roman province. The map was engraved by Girolamo Porro. Latin text on verso.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #223-37.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with minor marginal foxing and a couple of worm holes in the bottom left corner of the sheet.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $180

Closed on 4/26/2023

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"Helvetia", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Switzerland

Period: 1596 (circa)

Publication: Geographiae Universae

Color: Black & White

Size:

6.8 x 5 inches
17.3 x 12.7 cm

Delicately engraved little map delineating the lakes, towns, and alpine topography. Geneva is located at the left of the map as Colonia Geneva, and ancient tribes are named in this former Roman province. The map was engraved by Girolamo Porro. Latin text on verso.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #223-37.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with minor marginal foxing and a couple of worm holes in the bottom left corner of the sheet.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $180

Closed on 4/26/2023

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"Helvetia", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Switzerland

Period: 1596 (circa)

Publication: Geographiae Universae

Color: Black & White

Size:

6.8 x 5 inches17.3 x 12.7 cm

Delicately engraved little map delineating the lakes, towns, and alpine topography. Geneva is located at the left of the map as Colonia Geneva, and ancient tribes are named in this former Roman province. The map was engraved by Girolamo Porro. Latin text on verso.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #223-37.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with minor marginal foxing and a couple of worm holes in the bottom left corner of the sheet.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $180

Closed on 4/26/2023

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6.8 x 5 inches
17.3 x 12.7 cm