A SET OF SIX ENGRAVINGS OF CORSICA: -THOMASO PORCACCHI (1530-1576) "DESCRITTIONE DELL'ISOLA DI CORSICA", 1572 Map of Corsica and text Engraving on paper 25.5 x 16.5 cm (view) -TOBIAS CONRAD LOTTER (1717 - 1777) "L'ISLE DE CORSE AVEC LES DIFFÉRENTS DISTRICTS, APPARTENANTE A LA REPUBLIQUE DE GENES, MAIS DIVIFEE DE FOULEVEE DEPUIS PLUSIEURS ANNES". Copper engraving? on paper heightened with colour 50 x 57.5 cm (plate) (handwritten notes, folds, wetness, foxing) -SEBASTIAN MUNSTER (1488-1552) CORSICA Map of Corsica and illustration in the text Engraving on paper 29 x 19.5 cm (view sheet) (old and recent handwritings, yellowed paper) -Fra LEANDRO ALBERTI (1479-1552) "L'ISOLA DI CORSICA" (THE ISLE OF CORSICA) Engraving on paper, from the work "Isole appartenenti alla Italia". 25.5 x 18 cm (sheet on view) (folds, yellowed paper, foxing, handwritten notes in pencil) -ERARD MERCATOR (1512-1594) - Jocodus HONDIUS (1563-1612) "CORSICA SARDINIA Engraving on paper 16 x 19.5 cm (sheet) - 14 x 18 cm (plate) (handwritten notes in pencil, brown spots) -Mathias QUAD - Janus BUSSEMACHER "Corsica", 1596 Map of Corsica from the work "Europae totius terrarum orbis partis praestantissimae". Engraving on paper 23.6 x 32.1 cm (pitting, foxing, handwritten notes) History: This is one of the first maps to feature the profile of a Moor as the emblem of Corsica