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PTOLEMY (Claudius Ptolemaeus). 'La geografia. Et con un Discorso di M. Gioseppe Moleto, dove si dichiarano tutti i termini appartenenti alla Geografia'. Translated from Greek into Italian by Girolamo Ruscelli (c. 1504-1566), edited by Giovanni Malombra. Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1573-74. Third edition of Ruscelli's Ptolemy, FIRST EDITION with Malombra's corrections, and the second issue of the FIRST EDITION of Moleto's treatise on geographical terms, with detailed material on map making. 3 parts in one volume. Collation: *-**4 A-H4 (preliminaries and index), 2A-Z Aa-Xx4 (text), 3A-Z 2Aa-Dd2 (Ptolemaean maps), +2 4A-Z 3Aa-Oo2 (modern maps); Kak-Khk4 (Ruscelli's expositions); 5A-H4 (Moleto's work). Roman and italic types. Woodcut of Ptolemy observing the stars, woodcut diagrams (several full-page). 64 FULL-SHEET ENGRAVED MAPS, of which 27 Ptolemaean and 38 modern (including the WORLD, MIDDLE EAST, INDIA, CHINA, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, BRAZIL, CUBA, AND A NAVIGATIONAL CHART OF THE WORLD and the added map (Territorio di Roma)). (Some occasional browning.) In very good condition, the binding is just a bit loose on one side and occasional browning, otherwise a FINE COPY. Contemporary Italian limp vellum. Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein (bookplate), whose collection was sold en-bloc in 1949 to - H.P. Kraus (cat. 59, 1951, no. 33) - Lathrop Harper (bookseller's code); anonymous owner (Sotheby Parke Bernet, 30 October 1981, lot 25). Ref: Adams P-2236; Alden & Landis 574/46; Sabin 66505.
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