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Inghilterra - Descrittione dell'Isola d'Inghilterra.
Tomaso Porcacchi (*1530 - †1585)Reference 12382
Description
First edition of Porcacchi's very attractive and early map of the British Isles. This finely-executed map shows England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland oriented with west on top. With a compass rose, a title cartouche and several sea monsters. Very skillfully engraved by Girolamo Porro.
From the rare first edition of the famous L'Isole piu famose del Mondo the Isolario or Book of Islands by the Italian humanist and scholar Tomaso Porcacchi. Published 1572 in Venezia in a collaboration with the bookseller Simone Galignani and the Paduan engraver Girolamo Porro. A second edition followed in 1576, and further editions posthumously in 1590, 1604, 1605, 1620, 1686 and 1713.
Details
| Cartographer | Tomaso Porcacchi |
| Title | Inghilterra - Descrittione dell'Isola d'Inghilterra. |
| Publisher, Year | Simon Galignani, Girolamo Porro, Venice, 1572 |
| Plate Size | 10.5 x 14.2 cm (4.1 x 5.6 inches) |
| Sheet Size | 29.5 x 20.0 cm (11.6 x 7.9 inches) |
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![[The Firth of Murry] - To the Rt Hon.ble, my Lord Viscount Torbat, Lord Register of the Kingdom of Scotland](https://www.vintage-maps.com/2244-home_default/collins-scotland-north-sea-moray-firth-inverness.jpg "[The Firth of Murry] - To the Rt Hon.ble, my Lord Viscount Torbat, Lord Register of the Kingdom of Scotland")
