Lot 08513

[ΑΜΟΡΓΟΣ / AMORGOS] ROSACCIO Giuseppe, “MURGO”, from the first edition of “Viaggio da Venetia, a Costantinopoli…”, 1598.

Rare map of Amorgos. Topography and settlements depicted pictorially. The plate was later used with minor modifications by Lasor A. Varea in 1713.

Rosaccio (1530-1620), a skilled 16th century Venetian physician and geographer prepared several geographical works during his lifetime. One of his famous works is “Viaggio di Venetia a Constantinopoli”, where he combined the tradition of printed isolaria with that of pilgrims’ chronicles.

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