L'Isole piu famose del Mondo
| Reference: | ms5821 |
| Author | Tommaso PORCACCHI |
| Year: | 1620 ca. |
| Zone: | Title page |
| Printed: | Padua |
| Measures: | 170 x 260 mm |
| Reference: | ms5821 |
| Author | Tommaso PORCACCHI |
| Year: | 1620 ca. |
| Zone: | Title page |
| Printed: | Padua |
| Measures: | 170 x 260 mm |
Description
From 'L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo', one of the most beautifully engraved Italian island books of the sixteenth century, published in Venice 1620.
Engraved by Girolamo Porro.
Literature
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R. Shirley, The Art of the decorative cartographic Titlepage, n. 8
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Tommaso PORCACCHI (1530 - 1585
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Following Bordone and Camocio, Porcacchi issued in Venice another “Island Book” incorporating later discoveries and including maps of the world and the continents. It continued to appear in new editions for over a century.
1572 L’isole più famose del mondo
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Literature
|
R. Shirley, The Art of the decorative cartographic Titlepage, n. 8
|
Tommaso PORCACCHI (1530 - 1585
|
Following Bordone and Camocio, Porcacchi issued in Venice another “Island Book” incorporating later discoveries and including maps of the world and the continents. It continued to appear in new editions for over a century.
1572 L’isole più famose del mondo
|