[World Map] - Paolo Forlani

Sheet: 30 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.; 700 x 460 mm
Engraved general map on two sheets joined, right margin trimmed to the engraved border, and inlaid for inclusion in a contemporary atlas, good dark impression. Hand-coloured. 
Reinforcement at folds, a 6-inches tear repaired, offsetting from illuminated manuscripts on the back, light dampstaining on lower right corner. 

The Old Print Shop (label)

Woodward, 35 - Shirley, World, 115

Second state (of 7) according to Shirley who also describes the 1st state of 1563 as "a mis-reading of the most commonly found date of 1565". 

"The third of the world maps by engraved by Paolo Forlani has the same title as that of 1562 but it is in two sheets and considerably larger. In common with both Forlani's earlier world maps it is a re-interpretation of Gastaldi's 1546 map: on this occasion however a very large and extensive southern continent has been added. As well as imaginary mountain ranges, Forlani has populated his Terra Incognita with a host of unlikely animals - among then a lion, a camel, an elephant, a rhinoceros, a griffin and a unicorn (Shirley, 115). 

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