| Method | Copper engraved |
| Artist | Porro, Girolamo after Magini, Giovanni Antonio |
| Published | [Venice, c. 1620] |
| Dimensions | 103 x 137 mm |
| Notes |
A decorative birds-eye view of the city Constantinople or Istanbul, from the second edition of Giovanni Antonio Magini's publication Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia. Above the map, the title in Italian appears below a decorative section divider, and Italian text below provides an account of navigation. Inscription above print: 'Descrittione Di Costantinopoli'. Girolamo Porro (c. 1520-1604) was an Italian engraver active in Venice and his native Padua, working predominantly as a map engraver for Tommaso Porcacchi, and Girolamo Ruscelli. Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555-1615) was an Italian scientist, cartographer, and chair of mathematics at the University of Bologna. A prominent geocentrist, he was a correspondent of many notable contemporaries, including Tycho Brahe, Kepler, and Ortelius. His commentary on Ptolemy's Geographia, with accompanying copper-plate maps by Porro, appeared in Latin in its first edition in 1596, with the first Italian translation by Leonardo Cernoti printed in 1598. Condition: Strong, dark impression with ink offset to plate mark. Slight water damage to bottom right corner, not affecting image. Sold together with three explanatory text sheets of same publication. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £375.00 |
| Stock ID | 43097 |