Geografia cioè Descrittione Universale della Terra Partita in due volumni, Nel Primo de' quali si contengono gli Otto Libri della Geographia di Cl. Tolomeo. - Claudius Ptolemy, Claudius Giovanni Antonio Magini

Ptolemaeus Claudius, Geografia 1620-1621.

-2 parts in 1 volume in Quarto -300x220mm

-[1], 6, [1], 62 [i.e. 63], 21, [14]; 212, [30]

-One Folding chart and 63 half page maps (27 ancient and 36 modern)

-Complete

-Contemporary limp vellum

-Generally good condition. Some loosening of binding. Some old wormholes to a few pages (not affecting maps)

Early illustrated edition of Ptolemy with ancient and modern maps engraved by Girolamo Porro. Includes a Double-hemisphere world map "Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio" which is a reduction of Rumold Mercator's world map.