Camocio Map of Europe
CAMOCIO, Giovanni Francesco (1501-1575).
Europae brevis, ac novissima descriptio.
Engraved map. Venice: 1568.
10 3/4" x 14 7/8" sheet, 22" x 26 1/4" framed.
Comparable: Swaen, 2016 - $14,224; Christie's, 2006 - 9,000 Euro.
An extremely rare map of Europe from the Lafreri School.Collector's item. An unique opportunity to acquire a fine example from a map from the early Lafreri school. It was the custom for Italian map sellers to bind together available maps into a composite atlas, by other publishers as well as themselves. These composites, often tailored for the individual purchaser, have come to be known by the generic title of Lafreri Atlases. Rodolfo Gallo calls Camocio "one of the most important printers of geographical maps in the 16th century," while Rodney Shirley hails his 1567 world map as "a masterful piece of elegant Venetian copper engraving.
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CAMOCIO, Giovanni Francesco (1501-1575).
Europae brevis, ac novissima descriptio.
Engraved map. Venice: 1568.
10 3/4" x 14 7/8" sheet, 22" x 26 1/4" framed.
Comparable: Swaen, 2016 - $14,224; Christie's, 2006 - 9,000 Euro.
An extremely rare map of Europe from the Lafreri School.Collector's item. An unique opportunity to acquire a fine example from a map from the early Lafreri school. It was the custom for Italian map sellers to bind together available maps into a composite atlas, by other publishers as well as themselves. These composites, often tailored for the individual purchaser, have come to be known by the generic title of Lafreri Atlases. Rodolfo Gallo calls Camocio "one of the most important printers of geographical maps in the 16th century," while Rodney Shirley hails his 1567 world map as "a masterful piece of elegant Venetian copper engraving.
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