Early map of Crete by Bordone
By BORDONE, Benedetto di , 1534

Candia.

Europe Greece
  • 作者: BORDONE, Benedetto di
  • 出版地: Venice
  • 出版商: Nicolo d'Aristoile, detto Zoppino
  • 发布日期: 1534.
  • 物理描述: Second edition. Double-page woodcut map (155 by 335mm to the neatline, full margins), running title and pagination "Libro Socondo LI" appears above the neatline, 7-line Italian text beneath the image, Italian text and small woodcut vignette of "Scarpanto" – ie Karpathos, on verso (old stab holes in central vertical fold, insignificant wormholes, short marginal tear lower left).
  • 方面: 300 by 395mm. (11.75 by 15.5 inches).
  • 库存参考: 12710

笔记

A fine and detailed map of the island of Crete, known as the Venetian Kingdom of Candia from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. Published in the rare second edition of the “Isolario di Benedetto Bordone”, first published in 1528. Surrounded by many smaller islands, all major ports, towns, and important landmarks are shown, such as Mount Ida in the west.

Benedetto di Bordone’s (1460-1539) “Isolario…”, or book of islands, was the first printed isolario to encompass the entire world, the only printed isolario to precede it was the little book of Bartolomeo dalli Sonetti, 1485, which covered only the Aegean islands. The isolario was a popular genre that had first appeared in manuscript examples by Cristoforo Buondelmonte dating from the early 15th-century, Bordone expanded on the usual theme to encompass lands beyond the eastern Mediterranean, the Aegean archipelago and the Levant, to guide travelers other parts of Europe and the world, stretching as far as the Indian Ocean, the African coastline and the New World.

参考书目

  1. Shirley, BL, T.BORD-1a.
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