PORCACCHI'S SCARCE MAP OF MALTA 1576

MALTA DESCRITTIONE DELL' ISOLA DI MALTA

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Porcacchi's very attractive and early map of Malta. This beautifully engraved map shows the Mediterranean island of Malta with Valetta. Oriented to the southwest. With a compass rose, a sailing ship, a decorative title cartouche and several sea monsters. Very skillfully engraved by Girolamo Porro.

Good strong impression.

Excellent hand colour

Very good condition

From the rare and famous L'Isole piu famose del Mondo the Isolario or Book of Islands by the Italian humanist and scholar Tomaso Porcacchi. Published 1572 in Venezia in a collaboration with the bookseller Simone Galignani and the Paduan engraver Girolamo Porro.