PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (100-170 AD); RUSCELLI, Girolamo (1518-1566). [La geografia] Espositioni et introduttioni vniuersali...sopra tutta la Geografia di Tolomeo. Venice: Valgrisi, 1561. Complete copy of the 64 plates of the Geography, accompanied by the text of the second complete part of the 'table of the names of the provinces' of the first edition of Ruscelli's translation of Ptolemy with the maps derived from those made by Giacomo Gastaldi. It is also noteworthy that the 37 maps of the modern world include the first map in an atlas depicting the world in dual hemispheres [Shirley, Mapping of the World 110]. Second part (of 3), 4to, (230 x 170mm). 64 double-page maps (27 of the ancient world and 37 of the modern world), Engraved illustrations and initials, blue edges (light foxing, small tear to upper edge of 'Carta marina' without loss of engraving). 18th-century carta rustica binding (some light wear). Provenance: Francesco Dori (contemporary ownership inscription to title-page; Gaetano Monetelatici (18th-century ownership inscription to endpaper). (1)

Art Deco billiard table. Russia, ca. 1925. Mahogany wood. Use marks. Faults. In need of restoration. Measuremets: 90 x 170 x 100 cm. The aim of Russian billiards is the same as that of American billiards. To sink the balls in the holes. However, what makes Russian pyramid billiards an additional challenge is the size of the pockets and balls. Russian billiards has balls that are almost the exact size of the table used for the game. Billiards came to Russia thanks to Peter I "the Great". The sovereign discovered the game in the late 17th century during a visit to the Netherlands and was so impressed that the King of Holland gave the young Russian monarch a billiard table as a gift. The types of Russian billiards are: Free pyramid (American pyramid), Combined pyramid (Moscow pyramid or Sibirka), Dynamic pyramid (Neva pyramid) and Classic pyramid (Russian pyramid or 71 points) .