Porcacchi’s Map of Lesbos Printed Area Measurement_68 x 59.5 cm sheet size printed as a companion to

printed as a companion to his reissue of ‘Several Prospects of the Rock

as a companion map

Established in London

incorrectly but understandably giving ‘Eves’ as publisher) and in Liverpool Record Office

Porcacchi’s Map of Lesbos Printed Area Measurement_68 x 59.5 cm sheet size printed as a companion toMetellino (Mytilene, Lesbos) This map of Mitilini 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. 7 x 14. 5 cm, recent hand colour.