Lot no. 201
Alberti, Leandro.
Descrittione di tutta Italia ...di F. Leandro Alberti Bolognese.
Venezia, Ludovico degli Avanzi, 1568.
Bound with : Isole appartenenti alla Italia.
Venezia, Ludovico degli Avanzi, 1567
In-4°, contemporary soft ivory vellum, handwritten title on spine. Typographical mark on the title of both volumes. A fine copy. AP
This enlarged edition includes 8 double-page maps of the "Islands", namely Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, the Tremiti Islands, the Tuscan archipelago, the Pontine archipelago and the islands of the Gulf of Naples, and ends with a fine aerial view of Venice. The representation of Corsica belongs to the first printed views. This work was fundamental to the science of cartography that followed.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Folk Art
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