Porcacchi’s Map of Karpathos Printed Area Measurement_32 x 39.5 cm Hesiod: Hesiodo Ascraei poetae vetustissimi

Hesiod: Hesiodo Ascraei poetae vetustissimi ac sapientissimi opera

detail includes soundings

appears to be shown as a thin dotted black line

Du Nil et ses Embouchures et des Crocodiles

Porcacchi’s Map of Karpathos Printed Area Measurement_32 x 39.5 cm Hesiod: Hesiodo Ascraei poetae vetustissimiScarpanto (Karpathos) This map of Karpathos was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated initial. It is from LIsole piu famose del Mondo, one of the most beautifully engraved of the Italian Isolaria or Island books. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 10. 8 x 14. 7 cm, recent hand colour