PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (100-170 AD); RUSCELLI, Girolamo (1518-1566). [La geografia…

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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)

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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)

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius. Geografia cioè descrittione universale della terra partita in two volumes. Venice, appresso Gio. Battista & Giorgio Calignani Fratelli 1598-1597. 2 vols. in one folio tome, mm. 295x200. Parchment binding, manuscript title on spine. Papers [2], 62, 21, 1 blank, [14]; 212, including Frontispiece, [30]. Frontispieces with engraved vignette, round and italic typeface, Woodcut Headpieces, Endpapers and Initials, numerous woodcuts in the text. Total of 2 Frontispieces with vignette and 64 copper-engraved maps by Girolamo Porro, including world map on p.p. outside text. Beautiful specimen with wide margins. Beautifully illustrated first edition in Italian. The Geography, edited by Giovanni Antonio Magini, was translated by Leonardo Cernoti from the earlier Latin version. The work is very important, since it documents the most significant geographical discoveries of the late 16th century, accompanied by an accurate commentary by Magini: moreover, to the traditional twenty-seven maps with which Ptolemy's work had been illustrated until then, thirty-seven more were added, finely engraved in copper by Gerolamo Porro on the model of those of Giacomo Gastaldi. Haym: "These are the best editions of Ptolemy, the plates of which are diligently engraved by Girolamo Porro." The first volume, in eight books, contains general principles of geography, rules for the construction of maps as well as a catalog of regions and places. The second opens with the twenty-seven plates of the ancient world taken from those engraved by Girolamo Ruscelli, the different regions of the known world are then carefully described and illustrated with thirty-seven maps; these include the world map for the use of mariners and the famous ""Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio," taken from Mercator's map in two hemispheres and described by Shirley as "an exceptionally fine engraving in its own right." Alden 598/83; Sabin 66506; Phillips, Atlases, 405; Adams M-118; Shirley 193-96 and p. XXIX. 2 volumes bound as one, mm. 295x200. Vellum binding, title written on the spine. Leaves [2], 62, 21, 1 blank, [14]; 212, including Title-page, [30]. Title pages with engraved vignette, Italic and Roman type, woodcut Initials, Head and Tail-pieces, many woodcut illustrations in the text. In total 2 Title pages with vignettes and 64 geographical maps engraved in copper by Girolamo Porro, including the full-page world map outside the text. Good copy with wide margins. First edition in Italian, beautifully illustrated. Geography, edited by Giovanni Antonio Magini, was translated by Leonardo Cernoti from the previous Latin version. The work is very important, since it documents the most significant geographical discoveries of the end of the 16th century, accompanied by an accurate commentary by Magini: furthermore, to the traditional twenty-seven maps with which Ptolemy's work had been illustrated until then, some were added another thirty-seven finely engraved in copper by Gerolamo Porro on the model of those by Giacomo Gastaldi.The first volume, in eight books, contains the general principles of geography, the rules for the construction of geographical maps as well as a catalog of regions and places. The second opens with the twenty-seven plates of the ancient world obtained from those engraved by Girolamo Ruscelli, the different regions of the known world are then carefully described and illustrated with thirty-seven geographical maps; among these the world map for use by navigators and the famous ""Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio," taken from Mercator's map in two hemispheres and described by Shirley as "an exceptionally fine engraving in its own right."

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