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Auction 195, Lot 622

"Tavola Nuova d'Italia", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Italy & Corsica

Period: 1562 (circa)

Publication: La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino...

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.6 x 7.1 inches
24.4 x 18 cm
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This map shows Italy and includes Corsica and parts of Sardinia and Sicily. The is one of the "modern" maps included in Ruscelli's Geographia and identifies towns and regions and depicts exaggerated mountains and rivers. Finely engraved with a stippled sea. Latin text on verso.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #217-16.

Condition: B+

A dark impression with light offsetting. There are minor dampstains and spots of foxing along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $210

Closed on 11/15/2023

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