![PORCACCHI, Tomaso (1530-1585). L'Isole Piu Famose del del Mondo de Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano, Con l'Aggiunta di molte Isole. Venice: Simon Galignani and Girolamo Porro, 1576 [colophon, Venice: Giorgio Angelieri and S. Galignani de Karera, 1575].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/CKS/2017_CKS_14298_0243_001(porcacchi_tomaso_lisole_piu_famose_del_del_mondo_de_castiglione_arreti025116).jpg?w=1)
![PORCACCHI, Tomaso (1530-1585). L'Isole Piu Famose del del Mondo de Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano, Con l'Aggiunta di molte Isole. Venice: Simon Galignani and Girolamo Porro, 1576 [colophon, Venice: Giorgio Angelieri and S. Galignani de Karera, 1575].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/CKS/2017_CKS_14298_0243_002(porcacchi_tomaso_lisole_piu_famose_del_del_mondo_de_castiglione_arreti025134).jpg?w=1)
![PORCACCHI, Tomaso (1530-1585). L'Isole Piu Famose del del Mondo de Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano, Con l'Aggiunta di molte Isole. Venice: Simon Galignani and Girolamo Porro, 1576 [colophon, Venice: Giorgio Angelieri and S. Galignani de Karera, 1575].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/CKS/2017_CKS_14298_0243_000(porcacchi_tomaso_lisole_piu_famose_del_del_mondo_de_castiglione_arreti045458).jpg?w=1)
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PORCACCHI, Tomaso (1530-1585). L'Isole Piu Famose del del Mondo de Castiglione Arretino e intagliate da Girolamo Porro Padovano, Con l'Aggiunta di molte Isole. Venice: Simon Galignani and Girolamo Porro, 1576 [colophon, Venice: Giorgio Angelieri and S. Galignani de Karera, 1575].
2° (306 x 205mm). Engraved architectural and allegorical title, 47 half-page engraved maps and plans in the text by Girolamo Porro, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, woodcut printer's device on final verso. (Without final blank, occasional light marginal spotting and browning, small clean marginal tear to b4.) Contemporary vellum, title on spine, new endpapers (head of spine with small restoration, few chips, some staining and soiling, lacking ties). Provenance: The Explorers Club, James M. Ford (president of the club in 1926-27, book n. 4934; bookplate and various blindstamps including one on title).
THE ENLARGED SECOND EDITION with 17 new maps of Porcacchi's ‘island book’ with beautifully engraved plates. Originally published in 1572, the second edition is supplemented with 17 maps. The final part relating to the Americas contain maps of Temistitan (Mexico), Cuba, Spagnuola and two new maps of Jamaica and San Giovanni. Adams P-1905; Phillips Atlases 167; Nordenskiold 2, 187; Sabin 64149.
2° (306 x 205mm). Engraved architectural and allegorical title, 47 half-page engraved maps and plans in the text by Girolamo Porro, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, woodcut printer's device on final verso. (Without final blank, occasional light marginal spotting and browning, small clean marginal tear to b4.) Contemporary vellum, title on spine, new endpapers (head of spine with small restoration, few chips, some staining and soiling, lacking ties). Provenance: The Explorers Club, James M. Ford (president of the club in 1926-27, book n. 4934; bookplate and various blindstamps including one on title).
THE ENLARGED SECOND EDITION with 17 new maps of Porcacchi's ‘island book’ with beautifully engraved plates. Originally published in 1572, the second edition is supplemented with 17 maps. The final part relating to the Americas contain maps of Temistitan (Mexico), Cuba, Spagnuola and two new maps of Jamaica and San Giovanni. Adams P-1905; Phillips Atlases 167; Nordenskiold 2, 187; Sabin 64149.
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