Porcacchi’s Map of the Orkneys & Hebrides
SKU: 7842Title:
Porcacchi’s Map of the Orkneys & Hebrides
Date of publication:
1576
Printed Measurement:
11 x 15 cm
Publisher(s):
Colour:
black and white
Mapmaker(s):
Engraver(s):
Girolamo Porro
Isola Hebride, et Orcade.
Copper engraving, 11 x 15 cm, engraved by Girolamo Porro, set in descriptive Italian text with woodcut headpiece and historiated initial, black and white. First published in 1572, our map of the Hebrides and Orkney islands is from the second edition of L’Isole piu famose del Mondo, one of the most beautifully engraved of the Italian Isolaria or Island books.