Porcacchi’s Map of Lesbos Printed Area Measurement_68 x 59.5 cm sheet size which is what has happened

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incorrectly but understandably giving ‘Eves’ as publisher) and in Liverpool Record Office

light waterstaining in upper margin

Ink bookseller’s stamp

The imaginary ‘mad-head’ island depicted by the engraver in a sea of shares and inhabited by shareholders (discovered by Mr Law-rens) has an ass’s ears and wears a fool’s cap

Porcacchi’s Map of Lesbos Printed Area Measurement_68 x 59.5 cm sheet size which is what has happenedMetellino (Mytilene, Lesbos) This map of Mitilini 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. 7 x 14. 5 cm, recent hand colour.