Set of 2 miniature plans and 4 miniature views.

[Venice], s.n., ca. 1595

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Lot description

Engr., ca. 9 x 13 cm, old hand-coloured. Nice copies.

Framed (not studied outside frame).

From the Italian counterpart of G. Braun and Fr. Hogenberg's "Civitates orbis terrarum", i.e. the "Nuova raccolta di le piu illustri et famose citta di tutto mondo" by Francesco Valegio and Martino Rota, or included in Donato Rasciotti's later "Nuova raccolta [...]": 1. Aden in Yemen. Signed in the plate "fran.co Valezo f." - 2. Indian Calecut. Signed in the plate "fran.co Valezo f." - 3. Nicosia, capital of Cyprus. Unsigned. - 4-5. Rhodes. One signed in the plate "Martinus Roto f. 1572", the other unsigned. - 6. Ceuta (Strait of Gibraltar). Unsigned.