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Porcacchi (Tommaso). L'isole piu famose del mondo ... con nova aggionta, Padua: Paolo et Francesco Galignani, 1620, engraved title-page, 48 engraved maps by Girolamo Porro in the text, a few marks, repaired closed tear in M1, marginal damp-staining to final gathering, small bookplate and Italian bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, 19th-century Italian quarter sheep, marbled sides, vellum tips, head of front joint cracked, tips bumped and worn, folio in 6s (28.6 x 19.8 cm) (Qty: 1) Cobham-Jeffery p. 51; Sabin 64152; Shirley World 127 refers; Blackmer 1330, BM STC 1465-1600 p. 534 and Borba de Moraes p. 161 for other editions. Porcacchi's atlas of the islands of the world first appeared in 1572. The section on the Americas contains maps of Temixtitan (Tenochitlan), Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, and North America as a whole; other maps include Malta, Cyprus, the Moluccas, and Constantinople. 'This very well printed book achieved great success, judging by the many editions that were printed, each with additions' (Borba de Moraes).