- 3252
Porcacchi, Tommaso (c. 1530-1585).
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- L'isole più famose del mondo. Venice: Giorgio Angelieri for heirs of Simone Galignani de Karera, 1590
3 parts in one volume, small folio (285 x 190mm.), [24], 201, [1]pp., printed on thick paper, illustration: engraved architectural title and 47 maps and plans in the text engraved by Girolamo Porro, woodcut printer's device at end with the initials H.S.G.K, binding: nineteenth-century red half morocco by Hatton of Manchester with his ticket, gilt arms of Macclesfield on upper cover, very occasional marginal soiling, binding slightly marked at edges
Literature
Adams P1906; Censimento 16 CNCE 37349; Nordenskiöld Collection 2, 189; Phillips, Atlases 3327
Catalogue Note
The Isole più famose del mondo was one of the most popular atlases of the late sixteenth century, treating the world as a collection of islands. This edition contains seventeen additional maps, mostly of the islands of the Greek archipelago, which were introduced in the 1576 edition.