TAVOLA NVOVA DI PRVSSIA ET DI LIVONIA, 1561

Girolamo Ruscelli: “TAVOLA NVOVA DI PRVSSIA ET DI LIVONIA” Venice, in versions from his own version of Ptolemy’s “Geographia.” The first two Ruscelli editions were published 1561 and 1562 by V. Valgrisi.  
The third edition was published by G. Ziletti in 1564. Maps of the first five editions of Ruscelli were printed from the same copper plates of Valgrisi, which were based on the maps of Jacopo Gastaldi which appeared in Mattioli’s 1548 translation of Ptolemy’s Geographia. Ruscelli enlarged the maps and included several additions. The sixth edition of Ruscelli’s translation of Ptolemy’s “Geografia” was edited and extended by Giuseppe Rosaccio, and published by the heirs of M. Sessa in 1598 and 1599. The Valgrisi copper plates of the earlier Ruscelli editions were revised by Rosaccio and extended by five new plates. Most of the Ptolemaic and modern maps were enhanced by ships, sea monsters, fishes, trees and additional place names. Map platemark 194 x 265 mm / 7.6 x 10.4 inches.