Porcacchi’s Map of Lesbos

Metellino (Mytilene, Lesbos)

This map of Mitilini was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated initial.

It is from L’Isole piu famose del Mondo, one of the most beautifully engraved of the Italian Isolaria or Island books.

Condition & Materials

Copper engraving, 10.7 x 14.5 cm, recent hand-colour.