World.- Islands.- Porcacchi (Tommaso)L'Isole piu famose del Mondo, first edition, fine engraved architectural title, and 30 half-page maps by Girolamo Porro in text, including 2 world maps and one of North America, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. with woodcut printer's device recto otherwise blank, b6 blank, some mostly marginal water-staining, particularly in lower corners, stained, some spotting or soiling, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, rebacked, preserving original backstrip (with some loss to it at foot), lacking ties, stained, housed in a modern brown cloth chemise and drop-back box, red leather label to spine, [Adams P1904; Alden 572/44 (for descriptions of Hispaniola, Cuba, and Mexico City); Sabin 64148; Shirley 127-28; The World Encompassed 83; EDIT CNCE 37404], folio, Venice, Simon Galignani & Girolamo Porro, 1572.
World.- Islands.- Porcacchi (Tommaso)L'Isole piu famose del Mondo, first edition, fine engraved architectural title, and 30 half-page maps by Girolamo Porro in text, including 2 world maps and one of North America, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. with woodcut printer's device recto otherwise blank, b6 blank, some mostly marginal water-staining, particularly in lower corners, stained, some spotting or soiling, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, rebacked, preserving original backstrip (with some loss to it at foot), lacking ties, stained, housed in a modern brown cloth chemise and drop-back box, red leather label to spine, [Adams P1904; Alden 572/44 (for descriptions of Hispaniola, Cuba, and Mexico City); Sabin 64148; Shirley 127-28; The World Encompassed 83; EDIT CNCE 37404], folio, Venice, Simon Galignani & Girolamo Porro, 1572.
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