First state of Camocio’s map of Cyprus

By FORLANI, Paolo and Giovanni Francesco CAMOCIO, 1566

[Cyprus].

Europe Greece

Author: FORLANI, Paolo and Giovanni Francesco CAMOCIO
Publication place: Venice
Publication date: 1566.
Physical description: Engraved map.
Dimensions: 261 by 397mm. (10.25 by 15.75 inches).
Inventory reference: 12166

Notes

The first state of Camocio’s map of Cyprus. The map was published in Venice and signed by Camocio, and it appears to be a copy of the woodcut map drawn by Giovanni Domenico Zorzi and printed by Matteo Pagano in 1538. Camocio added the winged lion of St Mark to the cartouche, as well as the description within, and the many decorative elements in the sea. Woodward attributes the plate to Paolo Forlani. The map was reprinted a century after by Stefano Scolari.

There are eighteen institutional copies, all held in European and American institutions. We have traced two copies sold at auction: a defective copy with ‘pink mould’ on the centrefold by Christies, Milan in 2004 for €8,432; and a clean copy by Paulus Swaen in 2007 for $30,240.

Bibliography

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Christie’s 507
Christie’s Pa 237
De Vries 93 and 248
Kraus 51
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Parke-Bernet 63
Ruge III 67.62, IV 85.62 and 87.41
Sotheby’s (1998) 164
Sotheby’s (2005) 105
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Wieder 53.