Atlas by Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy) - Ruscelli, 1562.
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Ptolemaeus Cl. Geographia. Venice, Valgrisis, 1562.
4to. Contemporary limp overlapping vellum (somewhat wrinkled), 3 parts in one vol., woodcut device on title and 64 double-page engraved maps after Gastaldi, numerous diagrams in the text.
First edition of G. Moleto’s Latin re-translation after Biblibald Pirckheymer, including the two ‘modern’ world maps, with nine maps relating to the Americas. Very good copy.
Phillips, Atlases, 372; Sabin 66489; Adams 2231