MAP, World, Rosaccio
World. Giuseppe Rosaccio, Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio, from Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino..., 1598 (published). Black & White. This finely engraved double hemisphere map is based on Rumold Mercator's great map of 1587 and appeared in Rosaccio's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, originally published in 1598. It includes a large southern continent, no Korean peninsula, the "kite" shaped Japan, and several mythical islands in the North Atlantic. The engraving is in the Italian style with a stipple engraved sea and simple border. This is the first state, with Italian text on verso.
Dimensions: 6.8 x 9.8 in
Condition Report: A dark impression on a bright sheet with a few tiny rust spots in the Indian Ocean and light show-through of text on verso. Grade: A
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World. Giuseppe Rosaccio, Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio, from Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino..., 1598 (published). Black & White. This finely engraved double hemisphere map is based on Rumold Mercator's great map of 1587 and appeared in Rosaccio's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, originally published in 1598. It includes a large southern continent, no Korean peninsula, the "kite" shaped Japan, and several mythical islands in the North Atlantic. The engraving is in the Italian style with a stipple engraved sea and simple border. This is the first state, with Italian text on verso.
Dimensions: 6.8 x 9.8 in
Condition Report: A dark impression on a bright sheet with a few tiny rust spots in the Indian Ocean and light show-through of text on verso. Grade: A
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