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Auction 188, Lot 280

"Isola Spagnola Nova", Ruscelli, Girolamo

Subject: Hispaniola

Period: 1574 (published)

Publication: La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino…

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.7 x 7.1 inches
24.6 x 18 cm
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This fine early copperplate engraving of Hispaniola is based on Gastaldi's 1548 map of the island. It is rendered in the characteristic Italian style with a stipple-engraved sea and bold border. Italian text on verso describes the island.

References: Mickwitz & Miekkavaara #220-64.

Condition: B+

A dark impression on watermarked paper with some printer's ink residue, faint offsetting, and a few short worm tracks in the center that have been closed on verso with archival materials.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 6/22/2022

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