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Porcacchi, Thomaso
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
L'Isole piu famose del mondo. Venice: Simone Galignani and Girolomo Porro, 1576
Small folio (11 3/4 x 8 in.; 298 x 203 mm). Engraved title, 47 engraved maps in the text, woodcut head- and tailpieces; small dampstain in upper margin of title and first few leaves entering image of title, occasional light marginal spotting or soiling. Contemporary limp vellum; ties gone, soiled and stained.
Small folio (11 3/4 x 8 in.; 298 x 203 mm). Engraved title, 47 engraved maps in the text, woodcut head- and tailpieces; small dampstain in upper margin of title and first few leaves entering image of title, occasional light marginal spotting or soiling. Contemporary limp vellum; ties gone, soiled and stained.
Literature
Adams P-1905; Alden-Landis 576/35; Phillips, Atlases 167; Sabin 64149
Condition
L'Isole piu famose del mondo. Venice: Simone Galignani and Girolomo Porro, 1576
Small folio (11 3/4 x 8 in.; 298 x 203 mm). Engraved title, 47 engraved maps in the text, woodcut head- and tailpieces; small dampstain in upper margin of title and first few leaves entering image of title, occasional light marginal spotting or soiling. Contemporary limp vellum; ties gone, soiled and stained.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
One of the most popular atlases of the late sixteenth century, treating the world as a collection of islands. This second edition has seventeen maps not found in the first edition of 1572. The third part (starting on p. 154) deals with the New World.
The atlas includes the reduced-size version of Forlani's very important map of North America — the first of the landmass as a single geographic entity. Other regions shown in some detail include Crete, Cyprus, and many other Greek Islands, Malta, Minorca, Majorca, Ireland, the British Isles, Madagascar, Moluccas, and in the New World, Cuba, Mexico City, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.