Author: Giacomo Gastaldi
Publisher: Giacomo Gastaldi in Venice.
Year: 1548
Size: 13.1 x 17 cm
Reference: Quirino p. 75; Karrow, R.W. (16 c.) 30/56; Suarez, T. (SE Asia) chap.11, fig.73.
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Description
copper engraving.
EXTREMELY RARE map from “La geografia de Ptolomeo” published by Giacomo Gastaldi in Venice. Giacomo Gastaldi was one of the most important Italian mapmakers of the early 16th Century. His set of maps for the 1548 edition of “Geographia” are among the earliest examples of his work, in a long distinguished career. This edition was the 1st pocket-sized edition. Gastaldi was the 1st to add regional maps of the American continent, with important maps of the eastern seaboard. Gastaldi published only a single edition, but his maps were copied by Girolomo Ruscelli for over 50 years.
Condition
with some foxing along paper edges, stain at top, barely affecting plate.
