DESCRIPTION: Authentic copperplate-engraved antique map of the Mediterranean island of Cyprus (Cipro) by Tomasso Porcacchi.
Printed in Tomasso Porcacchi's "Isolario" or island book "L'Isol Piu Famose Del Mondo". That work contains a number of finely engraved maps of islands and the continents at a reduced scale. Porcacchi (1530-1585) was born in Tuscany to a poor family and first settled in Florence. He wrote about history, geography, and archaeology and later published the Isolario from Venice, Italy in three editions beginning in 1572.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1572
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Cyprus
BODY OF WATER: Mediterranean Sea
CONDITION: Good.
Cut close outside the neatline on all sides. Laid to Japanese paper for ease of framing. Clean. Strong with no holes or tears.
COLORING: None
ENGRAVER: Girolamo Porro
SIZE: 5
" x
4 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 2
PRICE: $375
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