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May 4, 2024
Francesco Salamanca
Sebastiano di Ré (engraver)
Graeciae Chorographia
Circa 1558
18" x 24 3/4" (sheet)
An exceptionally rare and highly important engraved map of Greece on two joined sheets, based on Nikolaos Sophianos's 1540 cartographic landmark Totius Graeciae Descriptio. Engraved by Sebastiano di Re and published by Francesco Salamanca (Rome), working for his father Antonio Salamanca. The map was later included in Antonio Lafreri's Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. The most recent example we've found of the map being offered at auction was a 2006 Christie's sale, and that catalog mentioned the map had been offered at auction just once in the 20 years prior.
Two small holes along the centerfold. A horizontal tear at the left edge is supported with an old paper reinforcement. A few minor losses around the edges as photographed, including at the top corners. Two diagonal creases across much of the sheet, and some folding at the right edge. Minor browning to the sheet.
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