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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (100-170 AD). Geography [WITH:] RUSCELLI, Girolamo (1518-1566). Espositioni, et introduttioni universali sopra la Geografia. Venice: Sessa, 1598-1599. Fourth edition of the translation by Girolamo Ruscelli, enlarged and edited by Giuseppe Rosaccio, with six completely new maps, including Rosaccio's bihemispheric world map. 4to, 4 parts in one volume, (245 x 180mm). 69 plates: 27 double-page maps depicting the ancient world in Part I and 42 in Part II, some illustrations in the text (wormtrack to outer margin of some leaves minimally affecting the border of the maps of Persia and Arabia, some foxing) The parts are bound together in an unusual manner, please contact the department for specific pagination and collation. Contemporary vellum, spine lettered in manuscript (woodworm paths to rear pastedown). (1)

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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (100-170 AD). Geography [WITH:] RUSCELLI, Girolamo (1518-1566). Espositioni, et introduttioni universali sopra la Geografia. Venice: Sessa, 1598-1599. Fourth edition of the translation by Girolamo Ruscelli, enlarged and edited by Giuseppe Rosaccio, with six completely new maps, including Rosaccio's bihemispheric world map. 4to, 4 parts in one volume, (245 x 180mm). 69 plates: 27 double-page maps depicting the ancient world in Part I and 42 in Part II, some illustrations in the text (wormtrack to outer margin of some leaves minimally affecting the border of the maps of Persia and Arabia, some foxing) The parts are bound together in an unusual manner, please contact the department for specific pagination and collation. Contemporary vellum, spine lettered in manuscript (woodworm paths to rear pastedown). (1)

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