MALTA DESCRITTIONE DELL' ISOLA DI MALTA
Sold
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.
code : M4864
Cartographer : PORCACCHI Tomaso
Date : 1576 Venice
Size : 11*15 cms Sheet 30*20 cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
Tomaso Porcacchi of Castiglione Aretino [1530-1585]. Italian. Published "L'Isole piu famose del Mondo" Venice, from 1572