Bidspirit auction | Tolomeo, Claudio

Tolomeo, Claudio - Tolomeo, Claudio - Ptolemy The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria, With some comments & additions made by Sebastiano munstero Alamann, With not only the ancient & modern tables usually unfolded, but also other new ones added by Messer Iacopo Gastaldo Piamotese, 1548. Venice, Giovan Battista Pedrezano (for Nicolò Bascarini), 1548 [October 1547]. In 8°. 172 x 116mm. Title page within two allegorical borders, portrait of Ptolemy, dedication to Leone Strozzi, epistle To the Readers , Addition by Sebastiano Munstero ..., How Geography is different from Cosmography , Interpretation of some words , First book of Geography... these are the things it contains , Table of the Regions, People, Cities, Mountains, Rivers ... at the end of the table the typographical mark, The First Book of Clausius Ptolemy - The Eighth Book , Register and typographical mark, 43 DOUBLE-PAGE TABLES (out of 60) depicting Europe, Asia, Africa and the New World, including the New Land, the New Spain, the New Land of Bacalos, the Island of Cuba, the New Spanish Island, the New Universal and the New Carta Marina , contemporary binding in loose parchment, tears and defects, handwritten title on the spine.