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Description:
North America, Northeast Coast. Girolamo Ruscelli (1518-1566) Tierra Nueva. Venice: Valgrisi, 1561. Double-paged copper-plate engraving with typographical text and large woodcut initial B on verso with sailors onboard a ship on verso, plate-mark extending off the sheet, remnants of guard on verso, some imperfect inking along the bottom left edge, 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.
Estimate $300-500
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Girolamo RuscelliJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
508-970-3293
Fine Books & Manuscripts
The Fine Books & Manuscripts department delivers scholarship, expertise, and attention to detail in appraisals, evaluations, and auctions of rare books and historically important material ranging from medieval manuscripts to presidential documents.