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Description:
Porcacchi Castilione, Tomaso (1530-1585) L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo. Venice: Galignani & Porro, 1576. Folio, added engraved title, illustrated with forty-seven small text engraved maps and views, including two world maps, bound in contemporary Italian parchment; title page amateurishly colored with pastels and mounted, some damage to the page affecting the text in the upper right corner; some minor worming and professional paper reinforcements, 12 x 8 in.
Estimate $1,500-2,000
a-b6,c2, A-R6 (R6 final blank present).
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