Buy this book on-line Porcacchi, Tomaso: : Il Sito de Curzolari (and Gulf of Lepanto)
Copper engraving, 10.8 x 14.7 cms, engraved by Girolamo Porro, set in descriptive Italian text with woodcut headpiece and historiated initial, recent hand-colour. From L’Isole piu famose del Mondo, one of the most beautifully engraved of the Italian Isolaria or Island books. The battle of Lepanto, 1571, was the first great defeat of the Turkish navy, and marked the beginning of the end of Ottoman naval supremacy. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Porcacchi, Tomaso: : Il Sito de Curzolari (and Gulf of Lepanto). Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, libri antichi, collectables, incunabula and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |