Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

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Lot 2037
  • 2037

CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY. LA GEOGRAPHIA. VENICE: 1548 (COLOPHON, 1547)

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  • 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.