Durazzo - Antique map

Author: Camocio, Giovanni Francesco

Publisher: Camocio

Published: Venice

Publishing year: 1571

"Durazzo antiquamente ... citta ... di Albania ... MDLXXI". Orig. copper-engraving from G. F. Camocio's Isole Famose .... Published in Venice by Camocio, 1571. With ornamental title-cartouche and 6 ships. 14,5:18 cm (5 3/4 x 7 inch.).

First state of the plate, without the number in the lower right corner. - A rare map of the environs of the city of Durrës. - Giovanni Francesco Camocio (1501-1575) was active as map publisher in Venice between 1558 and 1575. He was one of the most important mapmakers of the La Freri-school.

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