GENOA PIEDMONT DESCRITTIONE DELLA REGIONE PIEMONTESE
£120
carce early copper engraved map of Piedmont/Genoa from Magini's Antica di Cl. Tolomeo.
Very detailed with many many place names finely engraved.
Set in a page of text
Very good hand colour
Very good condition
code : M5663
Cartographer : MAGINI Giovanni
Date : 1596
Size : 13*17.5cms map size
availability : Available
Price : £120
Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555-1617) was born in Padua, Italy, and studied medicine, mathematics, astronomy and philosophy at the University of Bologna where he was later to become a professor of astronomy. He corresponded with many of the renowned figures of the age including Ortelius, Tycho Brahe, Galileo and Johanes Kepler. He authored various works on astronomy and also produced the first printed atlas of Italy, which was published posthumously by his son Fabio. Other works included the "Geographiae Universiae" (1597) and "Moderne Tavole Di Geografia" amongst others.
