North America – Mondo Nuovo; G. Porro / T. Porcacchi – 1605

Description

Details

• Type: carthografic print
• Title: MONDO NUOVO., pg. 161
• Publication: 1605 (1th edition 1572)
• Technique: copper engraving, contemporary coloring
• Composer/author: Thomasso Porcacchi
• Engraver: Girolamo Porro
• Publiced in: L’isole più famose del mondo descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro padovano con nuova aggiunta.(..). by Simon Galignani heirs in Venice
• Size print: 10.2 x 14.2 cm
• Size paper: 29.7 x 19.7 cm
• Verso: Italian text, p. 162
• ID: M4870W
• Source: Geoffrey King, Miniature Antique Maps, L’isole più famose Internet Archive

Condition: A

Very good, given age. As issued, with original margins. General signs of age, browned paper, signs older framing visible, but the image surface is clean.

Zeer goed, gegeven de leeftijd. Als uitgegeven met originele marges. Algemene ouderdomsverschijnselen, gebruind papier, oudere inlijsting zichtbaar, beeldvlak echter schoon en fris.

L’Isole piu Famose del Mondo.

In 1572 L’isole piu Famose del Mondo was published by Girolamo Porro (1529-1600) in Venice. This famous Isolario or island book was composed by Tommaso Porcacchi (1530–1576). The little atlas was illustrated with a lovely series of thirty elegant maps set within the texy. Later editions in 1572, 1576, 1590, 1604, 1605, 1620, 1686 and 1713.

All the plates were worn by 1620 and then retouched without Porro’s finesse, in order to strengthen the outlines for the scarce 1686 edition. In this second state they are in the same order but have plain backs, whereas in their final appearance they are once again set within text, together with many other early Italian plates.