16th century map of Arabia

Ruscelli, Girolamo. Arabia Felice nuova tavola.

Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, c. 1561.

190 x 260 mm.

 1.500,00

Ruscelli's modern map of Arabia from his 'La Geographi di Claudio Tolomeo'. A feature of this first state is that no map has a platemark at top: two maps were engraved on the same plate and the resulting sheet halved.

Literatur

Tibbetts 27.

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