Lot 122: SICILY AND SARDINIA - GASTALDI, GIACOMO (c.1500-1566).

Sicilia insularum omnium. [N.P.: c.1560s]. Engraved map of Sicily, 371 x 495mm, trimmed with original extened margins (Very light discolouration to upper centre margin.) Karrow no.30/2.4, Tooley:1939 no.519; Woodward:1996 watermark 107

LICINIO, FABIO (c.1521-1565)
Sardinia Insula. [N.P.: Venice c.1560s]. Engraved map of Sardinia, 297 x 194mm, trimmed with original extended margins. Tooley:1939 no.509; Lago I, p.283 & pl.51

Two important and rare maps the Mediterranean islands of Sicily and Sardinia. The first map, of Sicily, is directly derived from Giacomo Gastaldi's much admired 1545 map of the island, only his second dated map. While the details of this version's orgin are somewhat mysterious, it is a very elegant interpretation, depicting the island's vibrant topography, highlighted by the form of Mount Etna (Mongibello). The seas are enlivened by merchant ships and Roman triremes. The second map, of Sardinia, is a very fine image of the island by Fabio Licinio. Although likely not by the same hand, it bears stylisitic similarities to the former, revealing the common undercurrent of artisitic élan that ran through the printing shops of Venice.
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