Urbano Monte - Descrizione del mondo sin qui conosciuto - 1994

Urbano Monte: Description of the world known so far – Lecco, Periplo Edizioni 1994, limited edition and numbered to 800 copies, this is copy 319 In 4to, 25 x 35 cm., editorial canvas with image applied to the plate (Eclipse of the sun) and titles in gold on the plate and on the spine, rigid canvas clamshell case with titles on the spine 27 x 37 cm., xx + 199 pages on fine paper, with 68 author’s plates applied and reproduced in offset printing on glossy paper, introduction by Maurizio Ampollini, signs of wear at the edge of the clamshell case, volume perfect in excellent condition. Urbano Monti, Milanese gentleman born in 1544, writes this marvelous collection of geographic maps with the aim of giving a vision of what the known world was like in his time. Careful packaging, fast and trackable shipping

Estimation:€150

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