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Bordone, Benedetto
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Bordone, Benedetto
- Isolario. (Venice: Nicolo d'Aristotile, detto Zoppino, June) 1534
- Paper
Second edition, folio (325 x 210mm.), title printed in red and black within woodcut border, 7 double-page maps (including a world map), 104 maps in the text and 1 diagram, all woodcut, uncut, bound in a late sixteenth-century vellum wrapper reusing an earlier manuscript in Latin, printer's waste in back of binding (8pp. on two sheets from Sebastiano Medici's Summa omnium haeresium, Florence, 1581), binding and first few pages with slight loss at lower edges (just affecting map of Greece), some light staining (more so at end of volume)
Provenance
Antonio Rucellai (of Florence) and friends, late sixteenth-century manuscript note on front cover
Literature
Phillips, Atlases, 163; Nordenskiöld Collection 1, 28; Shirley, Mapping of the World 59
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
After Bartolommeo dalli Sonetti, the second published isolario or island book.
The work is in the tradition of the Mediterranean island book, with coverage expanded to include the whole world as a series of islands. The Adriatic and Greek archipelago are covered in sixty-four maps, many very similar in outline to those of Bartolommeo dalli Sonetti. The most significant map, cartographically speaking, is the double-page world map, held for many years to be the first such use of an oval projection. The volume also contains separate maps of North America, Cuba, Jamaica and others.
This second edition is important as it includes additional text, notably Pizarro's second letter, describing his conquest of Peru.
The work is in the tradition of the Mediterranean island book, with coverage expanded to include the whole world as a series of islands. The Adriatic and Greek archipelago are covered in sixty-four maps, many very similar in outline to those of Bartolommeo dalli Sonetti. The most significant map, cartographically speaking, is the double-page world map, held for many years to be the first such use of an oval projection. The volume also contains separate maps of North America, Cuba, Jamaica and others.
This second edition is important as it includes additional text, notably Pizarro's second letter, describing his conquest of Peru.