XXV Universal Descrittione dell Asia/ ASIA

Porcacchi/ Porro Tomasso ( 1530 - 1585 ) Venice

Published by Artist: Porcacchi/ Porro Tomasso ( - 1585 ) Venice issued in: Venice; - Girolamo Porro (c 1520 - after 1604) was an Italian engraver on wood and on copper He was born at Padua but worked during the greater part of his life in Venice He engraved for a book entitled Imprese illustri di diversi published by Camillo Camilli in 1535 He also executed the plates for the Orlando Furioso of Ariosto published at Venice in 1584 for the Funerali antichi di diversi Popoli et Natione by Tommaso Porcacchi published in 1574; and the portraits for the Sommario delle Vite do' Duchi di Milano by Scipione Barbuo 1574 The maps in Girolamo Ruscelli's translation of the Geographia of Ptolemy 1574 and the maps in Porcacchi's Isole piu famose del Mondo first publis, 1530

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 25 x 17 cm; - Map shows total Asia, from the Arabian peninsuala to partly Australia. Seller Inventory # ASX1168_500

Bibliographic Details

Title: XXV Universal Descrittione dell Asia/ ASIA
Publisher: Artist: Porcacchi/ Porro Tomasso ( - 1585 ) Venice issued in: Venice; - Girolamo Porro (c 1520 - after 1604) was an Italian engraver on wood and on copper He was born at Padua but worked during the greater part of his life in Venice He engraved for a book entitled Imprese illustri di diversi published by Camillo Camilli in 1535 He also executed the plates for the Orlando Furioso of Ariosto published at Venice in 1584 for the Funerali antichi di diversi Popoli et Natione by Tommaso Porcacchi published in 1574; and the portraits for the Sommario delle Vite do' Duchi di Milano by Scipione Barbuo 1574 The maps in Girolamo Ruscelli's translation of the Geographia of Ptolemy 1574 and the maps in Porcacchi's Isole piu famose del Mondo first publis
Publication Date: 1530