Cartographer:
PORCACCHI DA CASTIGLIONE, Thomaso
Title:
ELBA.
Stock Code:
3486
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Simon Galignani
Colouring:
Uncoloured
Atlas:
L’Isole Piu Famoso del Mondo
Edition:
Venice
Size: (W x H):
14cm x 10.5cm
5½ inches x 4 inches
Date:
1590
Price:
£220
Mpa of Elba and adjacent islands, title cartouche, ships at sea, sea monsters and compass, showing north to top right. The maps for this atlas were engraved by Girolamo Porro from Padua, and are set within a page of text, with engraved headpiece and decorated initial. There were many editions of this popular atlas between 1576 and 1713.
A fine, crisp impression. Fine condition. leaf size:197 x 297mm.