R5,000
Giovanni de Rossi - L'AFRICA
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, (1677) 1677
Copperplate engraving, centerfold, full colour, soiling in margins especially bottom right corner, paperloss at lower left corner, pencil notes, tanning along centerfold, 6cm repaired closed tear and a few short tears, one small repaired hole, two small holes; verso: soiling with a heavier patch of approximately 14cm diameter and along centerfold, pencil note, â??3â?? in ink
from Mercurio Geografico Overo Guida Geografica
39,7 by 54,6cm
This map faithfully reproduces Sansonâ??s map of Africa from 1668 (acknowledged in the cartouche), with the only change the translation of the text to Italian.
LITERATURE
Betz #120
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