Ruscelli, Girolamo (1500-1566) Isola Hispaniola Nova
West Indies – Hispaniola – Haiti – Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo
£150.00
Description
Ruscelli, Girolamo (1500-1566) Isola Spagnola Nova
Venice c1574
copper engraved map, overall 22 x 32 cm, plate 18 x 26 cm. fold as issued; printer’s crease in top margin; faint impression; o/w vg cond.
A very attractive map of Hispaniola by Ruscelli from his work ‘La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino’, which is based on Gastaldi’s edition of 1548. This atlas was published in Venice between 1561 and 1598. Text on verso is Spanish. NB the different longitudes and latitudes in the neatline in comparison to later editions.
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