1713 – R. Savonarola – Scandia

Title:                      “Scandia, sive Regiones Septentrionales“

Description:
A very rare map of Scandinavia, after Giovanni Antonio Magini. Verso engraving depicting a Polish nobleman (according to Titian) surrounded by bibliographic text with a list of works on the history of Poland.

Comes from the Raffaello Savonarola, he used the pseudonym Alphonsus Lasor a Varea, book “Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus : hoc est auctorum fere’ omnium, qui de Europæ, Asiæ, Africæ, & Americæ regnis … quovis tempore, & qualibet lingua scripsererunt, cvm anno, loco, et forma editionis eorum uberrimus elenchus … totam veterem, & novam geographiam ordine litterarum dispositam” published by Frambotti & Conzatti in Padua, 1713.

Cartographer:     Raffaello Savonarola (1646-1730)

Sheet size:              22,3 x 32,5 cm

Year:                        1713

Technique:            copper engraving
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Condition:
Very good condition.

This is an original antique map published in 1713 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

On your request I will provide a Certificate of Authenticity