(PTOLEMY). GIOVANNI ANTONIO MAGINI. Geografia Cioè, Descrittione Univesale della Terra.

AUCTION 66 | Thursday, November 19th, 2015 at 1:00

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(PTOLEMY). GIOVANNI ANTONIO MAGINI. Geografia Cioè, Descrittione Univesale della Terra.

<<FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN>> of Magini’s edition of Ptolemy. Translated by Leonard Cernoti. Two parts in one volume. Illustrated with two engraved title vignettes; 63 copperplate half-page maps, and several woodcuts in text; Image of the winds of the world; two of armillary sphere: And<< full-page, double-hemisphere map: “Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio.”>> ff. (2), 62, 21, (1 blank), (14), 18, (2), 20-212, (30). Final three leaves stained. Contemporary vellum, inner hinge split. Folio.

Venice: Appresso Gio. Battista & Giorgio Galignani 1598-97

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $8,000

The first edition of Leonardo Cernoti’s Italian translation of Ptolemy’s Geografia based on the 1596 Latin edition of Magini. The beautiful engraved maps are attributed to Girolamo Porro. Map breakdown: 27 Ptolemy maps and 37 ‘modern’ maps, including 4 world maps (one Ptolemy /Shirley 193, three modern /Shirley 194, 195, 196); 1 map of America (Burden 93); 32 European maps; 6 maps of Africa and 21 maps of Asia.