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Hartmann Schedel, 1493

Italy and Portugal

[both fanciful].

Excellent.

$ 265



Hartmann Schedel, 1493

Germany

[two fanciful views].

Excellent.

$250.

GERMANY, etc.


Lorenz Fries, 1522 (1525)

$ 450


EASTERN EUROPE


Lorenz Fries, 1522 (1525)

$ 550


Battle of Fornovo, 6 July, 1495

(Parma, Italy)


Woodcut c1517; this strike c1550

Full-page woodcut from the Mer des histoires, c1550. A horizontal woodcut of the battle was included in the book in 1503, then replaced with this single full-page vertical woodcut.

The Battle of Fornovo, about 30 km southwest of Parma, took place on 6 July 1495. It was fought as King Charles VIII of France left Naples upon hearing the news of the grand coalition assembled against him. Despite the numerical advantage of their opponents, the French won the engagement and Charles was able to march his army out of Italy. It was nonetheless devoid of any strategic result as all of their conquests in the Italian Peninsula were abandoned.

The battel at Fornovo was the first major pitched battle of the Italian Wars. (-Wikipedia)

Excellent.

$1800



NAPLES, ISCHIA, and CAPRI (not labelled)

Bordone, 1528 (1534)



Bordone, 1528

Rare first issue of this leaf with two views of the area of Venice.

On verso: map. "Parte de Schiavonia"

$ 300



PORTO SANTO ISLAND (Madeira)

Bordone, 1528 (1534)

$ 200