Ptolemaeus, Geografia. 1561
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Ptolemaeus, C. La geografia. Nuovamente tradotta di Greco in Italiano da G. Ruscelli. 3 Tle. in 1 Bd. Venedig, V. Valgrisi, 1561. 4to (23,5:16,5 cm). Mit 64 doppelblattgr. Kupferkarten mit Rückentext u. einigen Textholzschnitten. 4 Bll., 358 S., 1 Bl.; 28 Bll.; 24 Bll., 47 S. Prgt. d. Zt.; etwas fleckig u. wellig, Prgt.-Bezug mit wenigen kl. Fehlstellen, an den Außenecken des Rückdeckels mit kl. Ergänzungen, feste Vorsätze erneuert.
EDIT 16, CNCE 38126; Phillips 371 u. Le Gear 5915 (2., komplettes Ex.); Shirley, PTOL-10a; Sabin 66503; Sanz 206 ff.; Stevens S. 50; Nordenskjöld S. 26, 30; Shirley 109-111 (Welt); Burden 29-31 (Amerika). - Erste Ausgabe der Ruscelli-Übersetzung. "A new and important edition in Italian, with a new series of maps" (Stevens). Enthält 27 alte ptolemaeische und 37 neue Karten: 3 Weltkarten, Europa (27), Afrika (9), Asien (19) u. Amerika (6: Mittelamerika mit dem südl. Teil Nordamerikas u. Florida, Nordostküste mit Kanada [Kershaw 18a], Südamerika, Brasilien, Kuba u. Haiti). "This is the first time that such a representation (double-hemispherical world map) had been used in an atlas" (Shirley). - Gleichmäßig schwach gebräunt, stellenweise im Rand leicht wasser- oder braunfleckig, der dritte Teil "Discorso universale" mit größerem Wasserfleck und etwas in den Rand eingezogenem Braunfleck; Titel mit altem Kaufvermerk und gestrichenem Besitzvermerk, letztes Bl. verso angestaubt.
First edition of this translation. With 64 double-page engraved maps (with text on verso), including the first double-hemispherical world map in an atlas. - Evenly lightly tanned, with slight water stains or brown spots in places in the margins; the third section, ‘Discorso universale’, has a larger water stain and a brown spot that has spread into the margin; old purchase note and a crossed-out owner’s note on the title page; some dust-soiling to verso of final leaf. Bound in contemp. vellum; somewhat stained and warped; vellum cover with a few small tears; small supplementations on the outer corners of the back cover; pastedowns renewed.
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