Zante"
by Porcacchi Da Castiglione, Tommaso
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Nafplion, Greece
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About This Item
Greece: Venice Simone Galignani & Girolamo Porro. 1576. Copper engrvaed map of Zante/ Zakynthos by Girolamo Porro from Porcacchi's " L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo" 1576 2nd edition [ 1st 1572]. Set in a page of descripive Italian text [page 98], with decorative, woodcut headpiece and historiated initial. Single page. folio, text to verso. Good impression. good margins. Minor dampstaining to upper corners of leaf. A decorative map of the island of Zakynthos with dolphins and sea monsters abounding in the sea. Tomasso Porcacchi da Castiglione first published his Isolario in 1572 in Venice, The maps were engraved by Girolamo Porro. whilst Porcacchi provided the descriptions. The "Isolario" follows the tradition started by Sonetti and Bordone of "Island "books Zacherakis 2729/1781 Greece Ionian Islands Zakynthos Zante
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mary Louise Bryan/Paralos Gallery (GR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1092
- Title
- Zante"
- Author
- Porcacchi Da Castiglione, Tommaso
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Venice Simone Galignani & Girolamo Porro. 1576
- Place of Publication
- Greece
Terms of Sale
Mary Louise Bryan/Paralos Gallery
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Mary Louise Bryan/Paralos Gallery
Biblio member since 2013
Nafplion
About Mary Louise Bryan/Paralos Gallery
Dealer in Antiquarian Maps Prints & Books with over 25 years experience. Shop in Historic centre of Nafplion Greece; Internet site Exhibiter at London Map Fair and at fairs around Europe. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association & ILAB