Ptolemy, Claudius
LA GEOGRAFIA, CON ALCUNI COMENTI & AGGIUNTE FATTEVI DA SEBASTIANO MUNSTERO, CON LE TAVOLE NON SOLAMENTE ANTICHE & MODERNE SOLITE DI STA(M)PARSI, MA ALTRE NUOVO AGGIUNTEVI DI JACOPO GASTALDO, RIDOTTA IN VOLGARE ITALIANO DA PIETRO ANDREA MATTIOLO. VENICE: G. B. PEDREZANO, 1548 [1547]
8vo (170 x 108 mm). Woodcut border to title, woodcuts in text including a woodcut of an astronomer, with 60 double-page engraved maps; map folds reinforced, but mostly good impressions, "Isla Cuba" with corrected map pasted over original, some intermittent minor spotting. Old stiff vellum with gilt morocco label.
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Adams P-2234; Mortimer, Italian 404; Harrisse BAV 285; Streeter I.17; Phillips 369; Nordenskiöld 28; Karrow, Mapmakers of the 16th century, pp. 220ff; Burden 16 & 17; Shirley 87, 88, cf. 85; Borri 31, 32; Gole, S. India Within the Ganges, p. 47.