Famous Islands in atlas by Porcacchi 1605
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ATLAS. PORCACCHI, T. L´isole piu famose del mondo descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano. Con l´aggiunta di molte isoleall´... Georgio Trivultio... Venetia (appresso gli heredi di Simon Galignani) 1605.
Small folio (284x193mm.). (24, including engraved title), 1-211, (1 blank) pp. Engraved title (small spot), 48 engraved maps in the text.
Later (18th century) marbled boards, somewhat worn, spine label with pencil annotation. 1 page with dampstain, partly some foxing, 3 leaves harder. Signature on first endpaper of Thore Virgin 1927, bookplate of Thore Virgin and his library stamp "Bibliotheca Qvarnforsiana" on inside of upper cover.
This is the fourth edition, first published in Venice in 1572.
Tomaso Porcacchi (1530 - 1585), Italian writer, born in Tuscany. He lived in Venice in 1559, where he joined the celebrated printer Gabriele Giolito in making a collection of works from Greek historians and other Greek writers, all pertaining to the nation´s history. He also published various works in poetry, history, antiquities, and geography, as well as translations of several Greek authors and improved editions of several valuable Italian works.
His chief original writings are L´Isole del Mondo and Funerali Antichi di Diversi Popoli e Naziono, con Figure. L´Isole del Mondo, published in 1572, contains a series of superbly engraved miniature maps of islands and continents.
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Auktionsnummer:
180760
Datum:
2013-04-22