Kos, Dodecannesus.

Lasor, a. Varea Alphonse [ also known under the pseudonym R Savonarola.] Kos. "Lango." Padua : ex typographia olim Frambotti, nunc Jo. Baptistae Conzatti. 1713
Copper engraved map of Kos from Lasor's "Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus ... qui de Europae, Asiae, Africae, & Americae regnis, provinciis, populis, civitatibus....", modern hand colour; half page surrounded by texttext to verso.
The map is taken from Rosaccio's" Viaggi a Costantinopoli," in 1598. Good impression ; modern hand colour; mounted.

Lasor a Varea, Alphonse:
Alphonsus Lasor a Verea was the cartographic alias of Raffaello Savonarola (1680--1748), a monk who worked in the monastery library in Padua.

Lasor's 2 volume"Universus terrarum orbis scriptorum calamo delineatus ... qui de Europae, Asiae, Africae, & Americae regnis, provinciis, populis, civitatibus...."is a historical dictionarywith an extensive glossary of terms, and an overall wealth of practical information about the geography and cartography of the time and includes a large number of maps [approx 252] and views taken from old plates dating from a century or more earlier. The plates are taken from Valeggio's Raccolta, 1595, Porcacchi's Le Isole più famose del mondo, 1572, Rosaccio's Viaggi a Costantinopoli, 1598 ,Magini's Geografia, 1596 and Bertelli's Tavola moderne di geographia... c 1570
Zacharakis:1871/1244;Cox II, 542: 'a most remarkable book'; Graesse IV, 115; Sabin 39133; Shirley BL, T.LAS-1a. 97 by 168mm (3¾ by 6½ inches).   ref: 2789  €200