ROSACCIO GIUSEPPE Universale Descrittione di Tutto il Mondo

Sale 2464 - Lot 194

Price Realized: $ 2,750

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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000

ROSACCIO, GIUSEPPE. Universale Descrittione di Tutto il Mondo. Engraved folding world map. 11 1/4x14 inches sheet size, ample margins; minor losses and repairs to fold intersections, small area of upper left margin expertly reinstated. Florence, circa 1610

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'This curiously elaborate world map is to be found in a speculative world geography by Guiseppe Rosaccio... The right-hand hemisphere is surrounded by bands denoting the climates; the left-hand one by lively windheads and celestial constellations. In the centre cusp is a dyspeptic portrait of the young Duke Cosimo II de Medici, and in the spandrels are circular representations of the four elements. The lower part of the engraving consists of a neatly engraved Ptolemaic map of the world and a set of spherical diagrams showing the zones, meridians, and geographical features' - Shirley 268, second state with a beard added to the Medici portrait.