Porcacchi’s Map of Karpathos
SKU: 5748
£125.00
Title:
Porcacchi’s Map of Karpathos
Date of publication:
1605
Printed Measurement:
10.8 x 14.7 cm
Colour:
modern
Mapmaker(s):
Engraver(s):
Girolamo Porro
Scarpanto (Karpathos)
Copper engraving, 10.8 x 14.7 cm, engraved by Girolamo Porro, set in descriptive Italian text with woodcut headpiece and historiated initial, recent hand-colour. From L’Isole piu famose del Mondo, one of the most beautifully engraved of the Italian Isolaria or Island books.