First state of Camocio's map of Cyprus
By FORLANI, Paolo and Giovanni Francesco CAMOCIO , 1566
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[Cyprus].

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  • 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

  1. Ganado 49
  2. Shirley I 124
  3. Almagià 112
  4. Almagià (1948) 108 and 55
  5. Borroni Salvadori 117
  6. Castellani 126
  7. Christie's 507
  8. Christie's Pa 237
  9. De Vries 93 and 248
  10. Kraus 51
  11. Lafreri 60
  12. National Maritime Museum 140
  13. Parke-Bernet 63
  14. Ruge III 67.62, IV 85.62 and 87.41
  15. Sotheby's (1998) 164
  16. Sotheby's (2005) 105
  17. Tooley 183
  18. Wieder 53.
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