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Auction 172, Lot 500
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"[Untitled - Eastern Europe]", Rosaccio, Guiseppe

Subject: Eastern Europe & Black Sea

Period: 1688 (published)

Publication: Teatro del Mondo e sue Parti...

Color: Black & White

Size:
6.8 x 5.1 inches
17.3 x 13 cm
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This charming woodcut map depicts the regions north and west of the Black Sea, including parts of Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia, extending to Moscow in the northeast. A similar map first appeared in Rosaccio's Theatro del Cielo o della Terra in 1595, with numerous editions published through 1724. New wood blocks were cut for the 1688 edition, which was renamed Teatro del Mondo e sue Parti.

References: King (2nd Ed.) pp. 72-73; Shirley (BL Atlases) T.ROS-2a #8.

Condition: A

A dark impression, issued folding, with very minor soiling and a couple of small worm tracks outside of the map image.

Estimate: $160 - $200

Sold for: $120

Closed on 4/17/2019

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