"Arcipelago", Porcacchi, Tomaso
Subject: Greece
Period: 1572 (circa)
Publication: L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo
Color: Black & White
Size:
5.7 x 4.1 inches
14.5 x 10.4 cm
This finely engraved map by Girolamo Porro depicts the numerous Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, extending as far as the Gulf of Venice. It is adorned by a decorative title cartouche, stippled sea, and set in a full sheet of Italian text (7.8 x 11.8"). Porcacchi's L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo was published in seven editions beginning in 1572, and was one of the last island atlases published, following the works of Buondelmonti, Sonetti and Bordone.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.POR-1a #7; Zacharakis #1779.
Condition: B+
A dark impression with some minor soiling along the top sheet edge.
