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La Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino by Claudius Ptolemaeus - 1574
This is the third edition of the Italian translation by Girolamo Ruscelli which was first printed by Vincenzo Valgrisi in Venice, 1561. This edition is revised and corrected by Giovanni Malombra. The engraved maps, which are enlarged copies of Giacomo Gastaldi's maps in his Italian edition of Venice, 1548, are generally the same in the Venice 1561, 1562 (Latin), and 1564 editions printed in Venice. Sixty-three of the maps are printed from the same plates as the 1561 edition. The exceptions are the Ptolemaic world map, "Tavola prima universale antica, di tutta la terra conosciura fin' a' tempi di Tolomeo," which is on a revised conical projection, and the additional map "Territorio di Roma duodecima tavola nuova d'Europa" which is new to this edition. The atlas contains 27 ptolemaic maps and 38 new maps.
Front Cover.
Spine.
Title Page.
Eastern Mediterranean.
North Atlantic.
Greece.
World Map.
Claudius Ptolemaeus.