Jun 17, 2004 - Sale 2010

Sale 2010 - Lot 76

Price Realized: $ 518
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
PORCACCHI, TOMASO. Mondo Nuovo. Engraved map, 110x150 mm on a portion of the text leaf with the caption title above the map (170x150 mm sheet size), Italian text on recto and verso; hand-colored in outline. Venice, 1572 or later

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Likely the first state of this important (though diminutive) depiction of America derived from the Forlani rendering, with the final line of text above the map reading "Mondo Nuouo." Burden 42.