The True Description of Cairo.

London: The Arcadian Library, 2006. Three volumes. First edition in Fine condition. Volumes I & II bound in red publisher's cloth boards w/ dustjackets. Volume III is a slipcase containing a large foldout illustration. "In 1549, a Venetian print maker named Matteo Pagano published a large wood engraving in twenty-one sections of the city of Cairo. This view continued the Renaissance tradition of depicting cities from an oblique aerial perspective." Volume I: An account of the creation of Pagano's view of Cairo. Volume II: facsimile, translation, and commentary on details of Pagano's view. Volume III contains a large 49" x 84" foldout facsimile of Pagano's view.. 31.5 cm. 216 pp; 225 pp. b/w illustrations.