Lot 84
84
PORCACCHI, Tommaso (c.1530-1585). L'isole piu famose del mondo. Venice: S. Galignani and G. Porro, 1576. 2° (297 x 206mm). Engraved title and 47 maps in the text by Girolamo Porro, woodcut device on last page (small brown stain at inner margin of first 4 leaves, light thumb-soiling, some quires a little discoloured, top margins at the beginning lightly waterstained). 18th-century Italian vellum, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Provenance: G.B.L. 1675, 30 ottre (inscription on last page).
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PORCACCHI, Tommaso (c.1530-1585). L'isole piu famose del mondo. Venice: S. Galignani and G. Porro, 1576. 2° (297 x 206mm). Engraved title and 47 maps in the text by Girolamo Porro, woodcut device on last page (small brown stain at inner margin of first 4 leaves, light thumb-soiling, some quires a little discoloured, top margins at the beginning lightly waterstained). 18th-century Italian vellum, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Provenance: G.B.L. 1675, 30 ottre (inscription on last page).

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PORCACCHI, Tommaso (c.1530-1585). L'isole piu famose del mondo. Venice: S. Galignani and G. Porro, 1576. 2° (297 x 206mm). Engraved title and 47 maps in the text by Girolamo Porro, woodcut device on last page (small brown stain at inner margin of first 4 leaves, light thumb-soiling, some quires a little discoloured, top margins at the beginning lightly waterstained). 18th-century Italian vellum, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Provenance: G.B.L. 1675, 30 ottre (inscription on last page).

Second, and best, edition with the addition of 17 new maps. Philips 167; Sabin 64149.
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