Porcacchi’s Map of Euboea Publisher(s)_W Strahan dark red covers

dark red covers

Together they purchased the surviving copper printing plates of the famous Janssonius firm

before he converted to Christianity after a dream

Syriae sive Soriae

Victor Scipion de La Garde de Chambonas (1750-1830)

Porcacchi’s Map of Euboea Publisher(s)_W Strahan dark red coversNegroponte (Euboea) This map of Negropoonte 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.