Porcacchi’s Map of Lesbos
SKU: 5737
£200.00
Title:
Porcacchi’s Map of Lesbos
Date of publication:
1605
Printed Measurement:
10.7 x 14.5 cm
Colour:
modern
Mapmaker(s):
Engraver(s):
Girolamo Porro
Metellino (Mytilene, Lesbos)
Copper engraving, 10.7 x 14.5 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.