Giovanni de Rossi - L'AFRICA

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Giovanni de Rossi - L'AFRICA

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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.

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Betz #120

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Auction Date:
23rd Feb 21 at 10am SAST
(23rd Feb 21 8am GMT)

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