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ROSACCIO, Giuseppe. [Rosaccio's 'Theatre of Heavan and Earth'] Teatro del Cielo, e della Terra, Del Dottor in Filosofia, e Medicina Gioseppe Rosaccio.. Venice, Domenico Lovisa, c.1712. 8vo, contemporary boards; pp. 140+(4), incl. title with woodcut world map after Macrobius, eleven woodcut maps, and text illus. including the world map repeated twice more. A series of essays on the world and the heavens, first published in Florence in 1594. It is illustrated with a series of rudimentary maps, double-page (except two) printed from two blocks on opposing pages. The maps are: Europe, British Isles (single-page, Shirley 188), Spain, France, Germany, Sardinia & Sicily (single), Central Europe (two halves of the map bound reversed), Greece (Zacharakis 2979), Africa (Betz: 30. this edition not listed), Asia & America (Burden: 89). The publisher, Domenico Lovisa, operated between 1710 and 1750. [Ref: 18159] £2,700.00 ($3,480 • €3,081 rates)
ROSACCIO, Giuseppe. [Fortress of Sopot, Albania] Fortezza di Sopoto. Venice: Giacomo Franco, 1598. 100 x 175mm. Sopot, on the Albanian coast just north of Corfu, published in Rosaccio's 'Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli'. The fortress is shown under siege, with the use of cannon. In 1570-2 the Venetians took control but had to hand it back after the treaty of 1573. This probably represents an Ottoman counter-attack. [Ref: 9155] £125.00 ($161 • €143 rates)
ROSACCIO, Giuseppe. [Vlore, Albania] Valona. Venice: Giacomo Franco, 1598. 100 x 175mm. Vlore, Albania, published in Rosaccio's 'Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli'. [Ref: 9162] £200.00 ($258 • €228 rates)
ROSACCIO, Giuseppe. [Durrës, Montenegro] Durazo. Venice: Giacomo Franco, 1598. 100 x 175mm. Durrës on the coast of Albania, published in Rosaccio's 'Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli'. [Ref: 9173] £280.00 ($361 • €319 rates)
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