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Ruscelli map, Tabula Asiae II (Asia Minor), 1574, Alexander Columns, very nice
Ruscelli map, Tabula Asiae II (Asia Minor), 1574, Alexander Columns, very nice

Ruscelli map, Tabula Asiae II (Asia Minor), 1574, Alexander Columns, very nice

$ 105.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Format: Atlas Map
  • Type: Region map
  • Printing Technique: Copper Plate
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Date Range: 1500-1599
  • Year: 1574

    Description

    Vintage Map of Asia Minor, 1574
    Ruscelli, Girolamo.
    Girolamo Ruscelli
    (1518–1566) was an Italian mathematician and cartographer active in Venice during the early 16th century. He was also an alchemist, writing pseudonymously as
    Alessio Piemontese
    . . . .
    Among his best known works . . .
    were translations of various classics including
    the Decameron
    ,
    Orlando Furioso
    , and a translation of the
    Geografia
    of
    Ptolemy
    . Among the 69 copperplate maps in his translation of Geografia were 40 then contemporary maps based generally on maps compiled by Giacomo Gastaldi in 1548.
    --
    Wikipedia
    "Tabula Asiae II". Copperplate map, sheet roughly 9" x 12.5". From his edition of Ptolemy's
    Geografia
    , published in Venice in 1574. Includes the Silk Road region, Bosphorus, Black Sea, Alexander's Columns.
    Very crisp impression and paper (see photos).