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Porcacchi, Tommaso

The most famous islands in the world by Thomaso Porcacchi from Castiglione Arretino and carved by Girolamo Porro from Padua, 1620

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Padua, by Paolo and Francesco Galignani brothers, 1620. In 2°. Marbled cardboard binding, leather spine, p. (24), 211, (1). Chalcographic frontispiece and 48 splendid geographical representations engraved in copper by Girolamo Porro, with the islands, peninsulas and island cities from all over the globe, including some islands of Asia and the "New World" of the Americas. Paduan edition with additions compared to the previous ones published in Venice. Woodcut headers and initials. Copy with stamp of the Umberto Saba bookshop. Copy in excellent condition.

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