Porcacchi’s Map of Constantinople Printed Area Measurement_39.5 x 52.5 cm Human Life

Human Life

to which is added An Appendix

the series of 209 maps published over a 14 year period from 1829 onwards were highly praised for their superior quality

folding into green cloth covers with printed publisher’s label

A view of the Great Hipostyle Hall

Porcacchi’s Map of Constantinople Printed Area Measurement_39.5 x 52.5 cm Human LifeConstantinopoli Descrittione di Constantinopoli First published in 1572, our example of Porcacchis map of Constantinople is from the second edition of LIsole piu famose del Mondo, one of the most beautifully engraved of the Italian Isolaria or Island books. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 11 x 15 cm, engraved by Girolamo Porro, set in descriptive Italian text with woodcut headpiece and historiated initial, trivial spotting, black and white.