Author: Girolamo Porro (1520-1604)
Title: [Antique print, handcolored etching] Sri Lanka / TAVOLA DVODECIMA DELL'ASIA. Published 1598, 1 p.
Description: Page from Giovanni Antonio Magini (1555-1617) Geografia cioe descrittione universale della terra partita in due volumi... published in Venice in 1598. The colored plate realized in etching shows on the left an elephant and a cartouche with a Latin inscription, on the right the map of Sri Lanka as pictured by Ptolemy. The plates in the volume were realized by Girolamo Porro, an engraver specialized in maps.Plate title: 'TABVLA ASIAE XII'Page title: 'TAVOLA DVODECIMA DELL'ASIA.'The text below in letterpress gives a description of the island, providing the names with which it was known [i.e. Taproeana, Simondi, Salica, Zeila, Sumatra], geographical indications, and other amenities. Handcolored etching on paper, with text in letterpress; plate mark: 135 x 176 mm, total: 300 x 205 mm; some light staining at bottom, otherwise in great condition.

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