Isolario maps of Madeira and the Canary Islands

 

Benedetto Bordone, 1528 (1534):
on a single, untrimmed leaf :

--- [untitled map of the Canary Islands] 5.5 x 6 inches.
--- [untitled map of Madeira] 3.5 x 6 inches
Excellent.
$600.


Second issue of these two early woodcut maps.

The first printed isolario was that of Bartolomeo da Sonnetti, published in Venice in 1485. It focused on Greek islands and did not contain maps of the Canaries or Madeira.

The next isolario was the Libro di Benedetto Bordone of 1528, republished subsequently as the Isolario of Bordone.