Shelfmark
Gi.4.01
Author
Title
L'Isole più famose del mondo descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro padovano con l'aggiunta di molte isole all'ill[ust]re. s. conte Georgio Triultio dottore, cavaliere, conte di melzo, regio, e ducal senatore. Con privilegio.
Varying form of title
Isole piv famose del mondo
Publication, distribution, etc.
In Venetia, : Appresso gli heredi di Simon Galignani., M.D.LXXXX. [1590]
Physical description
[24], 201 p. : maps ; 29 cm.
Note
Relief shown pictorially.
Note
Engraved title page.
Note
Includes 47 maps.
Note
Printer's device on last page; head- and tail-pieces, decorated initials.
Note
In colophon: In Vinetia, apresso Giorgio Angelieri, a instantia de gli heredi di Simon Galignani de Karera, 1590.
Citation/references note
Phillips, 3327
Citation/references note
CNCE, 37349
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown.
Binding
?16th-century vellum binding. Spine flat with ink titling dacorated with an arabesque ("Porcacch Isole più Famose"). Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of undecorated paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmark: DDk.3.20.
Copy-specific note
Former book label torn off on front pastedown.
Subject
Islands Early works to 1800.
Genre/Form
World atlases.
Genre/Form
Early maps.
Added entry--name
Galignani de Karera, Simon printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Porro, Girolamo, 1520 - 1604 engraver.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
ita
Identifier
B51162