79. "World Map (Planisphere), "Orbis Descriptio" by Girolamo Ruscelli, circa 1717"

Selling price

EUR 840

Session

Tue, 31 March 2026 18:00

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The Italian cartographer and mathematician Girolamo Ruscelli (1518-1566) republished Ptolemy's "Geography" in Venice in an edition that made him famous, reissued. The copy is part of an edition printed in the first half of the 18th century.

Dimensions

width 32 cm, height 22 cm

Description

copper engraving, ribbed paper, manually colored

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