The Old Print Shop

Forum Iulii Et Histria

  • ARTIST: Giovanni Magini

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Giovanni Antonio Magini, Venice.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1596

  • EDITION SIZE: Plate size 5 1/2 x 7 1/8" (14 x 18 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine early map of the Gulf of Venice to Trieste. This map appeared in Magini's "Geographiae Universae...". Engraved by the Italian master enngraver Girolamo Porro. Several sea monsters are shown in the surrounding waters.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Black and white.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps