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

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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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