Porcacchi’s Map of Naxos Mapmaker(s)_Commander J Parsons sheet size 78 x 57

sheet size 78 x 57

Numbering began in London in the 1760s (although house numbers were not used in official records until much later - the 19th century in some cases) but Horwood was the first to mark them on the map

Battishall

This book explores the 20th century map archive

and a section on touring British cathedrals

Porcacchi’s Map of Naxos Mapmaker(s)_Commander J Parsons sheet size 78 x 57Nicsia (Naxos) This map of Naxos 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.