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16th-century map of Arabia

RUSCELLI, Girolamo.
Arabia Felice nuova tavola.
Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, [ca. 1561]. Engraved map. 190 x 260 mm.
€ 1,500
Ruscelli's modern map of Arabia from his La Geographi di Claudio Tolomeo. A feature of this first state is that no map has a platemark at top: two maps were engraved on the same plate and the resulting sheet halved. Tibbetts 27.
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Middle east & islamic world  >  Arabian Peninsula & Gulf States | Cartography & Exploration