A scarce 16th century woodcut map of Vlore in Albania

BELLEFOREST, François de.

Valona.
Paris: Michel Sonnius & Nicolas Chesneau, 1575. Woodcut, printed area 155 x 200mm, set in text. Some old red ruling.

A woodcut map of the environs of the Turkish fortress of Vlore, with Turkish galleys approaching, taken from the map by Simon Pinargenti, 1573.
It was published in the ''Cosmographie Universelle', which contained the text of Munster's 'Cosmography' translated into French by Belleforest, and maps copied from sources including Ortelius and Braun & Hogenberg as well as Munster.


Stock ID : 21186