Giacomo Gastaldi

Lot 465: [New World]. Giacomo Gastaldi. Isola Cuba Nova.

Name: [New World]. Giacomo Gastaldi. Isola Cuba Nova.
Brand: Quinn's Auction Galleries
SKU: pkzj9qutoo

Est: $2,000 USD - $3,000 USD

Quinn's Auction GalleriesFalls Church, VA, USNovember 13, 2008

Item Overview

Description

[New World]. Giacomo Gastaldi. Isola Cuba Nova. Double page copper-engraved map of Cuba. 5 x 6 3/4 inches. Italian text on verso, plate number ''57.'' From ''La Geografia Di Claudio Ptolomeo Alessandrino...,'' [Venice: Pedrezaono, 1548], the first edition to include maps of North America. Philips 369. ''La Geografia...'' Includes most of western Hispanola (now Dominican Republic). Marks three early Spanish structures (''La Treintad,'' ''s'xpoual,'' and unlabelled settlement). Later skillful hand-coloring.

Artist or Maker

Giacomo Gastaldi

Condition Report

Very good, with two small tape strips to verso upper edge.

Auction Details

Fine Books, Maps & Atlases

Quinn's Auction Galleries

November 13, 2008, 06:30 PM EST

431 N. Maple Avenue, Falls Church, VA, 22046-4203, US

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