"[Lot of 17 - Greece]", Porcacchi, Tomaso

This lot includes 17 maps of Greece and its islands published in Porcacchi's L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo, all engraved by Girolamo Porro of Padua. Each map is on a full sheet of Italian text (7.0 x 10.5"). Size varies slightly. This lot includes:

A. Arcipelago. Condition: A spot of printer's ink residue and marginal soiling. (B+)
B. Il Sito de' Curzolari. Condition: There are a number of cracks that have been closed on verso with archival tape and marginal soiling. (B)
C. Morea Penisola. Condition: Light soiling and a few small worm holes in text below map. (B+)
D. NegroponteCondition: Numerous minute pinholes along coastlines, light soiling, and manuscript writing in blank margins. (B)
E. CorfuCondition: Light soiling with one small ink spot in image. (B+)
F. MiloCondition: Light soiling with a few small worm holes in image at left. (B)
G. ZanteCondition: Light soiling with a printer's crease above compass rose. (B+)
H. ScarpantoCondition: Some soiling with a worm track in text below map. (B+)
I. RhodiCondition: Minor soiling. (B+)
J. CandiaCondition: There is light soiling, show-through of manuscript ink on verso, and a worm track in text below map. There is an old paper repair in right blank margin. (B)
K. SantoriniCondition: A couple of faint spots and a tiny worm hole in left blank margin. (B+)
L. StalimeneCondition: Light soiling. (B+)
M. MetellinoCondition: Marginal soiling. (A)
N. ScioCondition: Light soiling. (B+)
O. NicsiaCondition: There are a few small worm holes in map at left, and an old paper repair in left blank margin. (B+)
P. CefaloniaCondition: Light soiling with a small worm hole and ink stains in text below map. (B+)
Q. CerigoCondition: Light soiling with a worm track in text below map. (B+)

References: Zacharakis #1779-1796; King (2nd ed.) pp. 57-59.

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See description above.