| Method | Copper engraved with hand colour |
| Artist | Porro, Girolamo after Porcacchi, Tommaso |
| Published | [Padua, J. Baptist Conzatti, 1713] |
| Dimensions | 105 x 143 mm |
| Notes |
A map of the British Isles, originally engraved by Girolamo Porro for Tommaso Porcacchi's 'L'isole più famose del mondo' in 1572, but reused here for Lasor à Varea's 'Universus Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum Calamo Delineatus' of 1713. The map is decorated with a cartouche and several sea monsters. Above the map, and on the verso, a long list of placenames and descriptions are divided into three columns of Latin text. Girolamo Porro (c. 1520-1604) was an Italian engraver active in Venice and his native Padua, working predominantly as a map engraver for Tommaso Porcacchi, and Girolamo Ruscelli. Tommaso Porcacchi (1530-1585) was an Italian humanist, geographer, translator, and author, chiefly remembered for his atlas, L'isole più famose del mondo descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro padouano con l'aggiunta di molte isole. As a young man, he studied in Florence under the patronage of Duke Cosimo I. In 1559, he moved to Venice, translating works from Latin and Greek into Italian, on behalf of publishers including Ludovico Domenichi and Giolito de Ferrari. His treatise on the islands of the world included some of the very earliest maps and plans of the new world, including North America, Mexico, and Temistitan, the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Alphonse Lasor à Varea was the pseudonym of the Italian monastic author, translator, and geographer, Raphael Savanarola (c.1680-1748). His best known work was a large dictionary of geographical names, the Universus Terrarum Orbis Scriptorum Calamo Delineatus, which was augmented by numerous miniature maps and views, the majority of which were recycled from earlier publications. Condition: Time toning, small tears, and foxing to sheet, not affecting map. Text above map folded behind and pasted down with old adhesive. |
| Framing | mounted |
| Price | £250.00 |
| Stock ID | 52767 |