Bordone, Benedetto (c. 1460-c. 1531).

fourth edition, folio (285 x 195mm.), ff. [10], LXXIIII, title-page printed in red and black, illustration: a woodcut dolphin border and Torresano's device on title-page, 112 woodcut maps (including 2 full-page and 8 double-page), one full-page woodcut diagram, 31 maps in contemporary hand colour, binding: nineteenth-century half red morocco by Hatton of Manchester with his ticket, gilt Macclesfield arms on upper cover, some show-through of colour, affecting text or map on verso, binding stained 

Sabin 6421; Church 86; Censimento 16 CNCE 7064; Renouard p.141; Mortimer, Harvard Italian 82

after bartolommeo dalli sonetti, this is the second important printed isolario or island book. The work is in the tradition of the Mediterranean island book, with coverage expanded to include the whole world as a series of islands. The Adriatic and Greek archipelago are covered in sixty-four maps, many very similar in outline to those of Bartolommeo dalli Sonetti. The most significant map, cartographically speaking, is the double-page world map, held for many years to be the first such use of an oval projection. Although the majority of the maps are simple in form, Bordone's work was practical and popular and saw several editions.