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154795367Venice: G. B. Pedrezano 1547. First complete edition in Italian of Ptolemy's "first atlas of the new world" Nordenskiold and the most detailed and comprehensive world atlas published prior to Ortelius's Theatrum in 1570. Small octavo bound in full vellum with gilt morocco spine label all edges speckled red woodcut border to the title page woodcut initials and illustrations throughout the text including a portrait of an astronomer and 60 double-page engraved maps designed by Giacomo Gastaldi. The majority of the 34 maps of the modern world are entirely new first appearances including 7 maps of the Americas. Among the maps of the Americas is the Nueva Hispania tabula nova which shows the Mississippi and Florida area and is the first separate printed map of the region. Also included is the landmark Tierra Nueva map of the North American coast from Florida to Labrador. In fine condition. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. An exceptional example of this landmark work. Ptolemy's Geographia or Geography first appeared in Greek in Alexandria circa 150 C.E. as a new revision of the now non-extant atlas of Marinus of Tyre using additional Roman and Persian geographical dictionaries and principles. The Geography's translation into Arabic in the 9th century and Latin in 1406 was highly influential on the geographical knowledge and cartographic traditions of the medieval Caliphate and Renaissance Europe. No Greek manuscript of the Geography survives from earlier than the 13th century and the first Latin translations were completed circa 1406 by by Jacobus Angelus in Florence Italy under the name Geographia Claudii Ptolemaei. Published in 1547 the present small-format edition became the most comprehensive world atlas ever published prior to the publication of Ortelius's Theatrum in 1570. G. B. Pedrezano hardcover books
1561220449Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi 1561. hardcover. very good. Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi 1561. 3 parts in 1 volume: "La Geografia" by Ptolemy Ruscelli's "Espositioni et Introduttioni Universali" and "Discorso Universale di M. Gioseppe Moleto mathematico". Short thick 4to bound in full contemporary vellum with red speckled edges modern description pasted on spine. Features 64 double page maps: 27 Ptolemaic maps showing the ancient world as Ptolemy knew it including one world map 37 "modern" maps with two world maps and several woodcut diagrams illustrations and decorative initials. First Italian edition. Binding well-worn at edges. Small wormholes in a few pages of text. Library stamp manuscript notes and seal in red ink on title page. Marginal dampstains and occasional foxing with small pencil and contemporary ink notations in margins and on some maps. In general maps are clean and bright. Bookplate of Otto Orren Fisher and ink inscription dated 1724.<br/><br/> Girolamo Ruscelli c. 1504-1566 was a Venetian editor. He introduces several important innovations in this volume through his 37 "modern" maps which cover Europe Africa Asia and the New World. Ruscelli includes a double hemisphere world map which was the first of its kind to be used in an atlas and "Carta Marina Nuova Tavola" a rare sea chart of the world. He includes a revised version of the Zeno map of the Arctic first published in 1558. The Zeno map describes the purported journey of the author's ancestors in the 1390s to Greenland Iceland the mythical islands of Frisland and Icaria and what is now thought to be Newfoundland and Labrador. While Zeno shows Greenland connected to Norway Ruscelli has updated the map by eliminating this land bridge. Despite its inaccuracies and inclusion of mythical lands the Zeno map persisted as the prevailing map of the Arctic and Greenland for many years. Six other New World maps include the South American continent Brazil Central America and the Baja Peninsula the eastern coast of North America Cuba and Hispaniola. Claudius Ptolemy 90-168 CE was a Roman geographer and mathematician living in Egypt who compiled his knowledge and theories about the world's geography into one seminal work. Although his maps did not survive his mathematical projections and location coordinates did. During the Renaissance revival of Greek and Roman works "Geographia" was rediscovered by monks and based upon Ptolemy's detailed instructions the maps were recreated. The first printed edition of "Geographia" with maps was published in Bologna in 1477. A rare and exciting edition for any collector.<br/><br/> Vincenzo Valgrisi unknown books
1564265015Venice: Giordano Ziletti 1564. hardcover. very good. 3 parts in 1. Each part has a separate title page with large printer's device. Part 2: Espositioni et Introduttioni Universali di Girolamo Ruscelli sopra tutta la Geografia di Tolomeo. Part 3: Discorso Universale di M. Gioseppe Moleto mathematico. Illustrated with 63 of 64 fine double-leaf copper engraved maps including the rare "World in Hemispheres". Additional large in-text engravings and decorative initials throughout. 8 358 110 204 48 index 47 pages. Short thick 4to bound in old calf with gilt devices on covers neatly re-cased binding well-rubbed but very sound; very clean copy virtually free of foxing; one map ink stained; lacks the final world map "Carta Marina" a.e.g. Venetia: Appresso Giordano Ziletti 1564. Text in Italian. Bookplate of Otto Orren Fisher pasted on inside cover. Manuscript note in ink on title page reads: Ex Libris Stephan Tiapas.<br/><br/> Second edition of Ruscelli's Italian translation very similar to the edition of 1561 and containing the same series of maps. The double- page maps are partly based on those of Jacopo Gastaldi in the edition of 1548 but on a larger scale. According to Nordenskiold two important innovations were introduced by the 1561 edition into cartographical literature. One: the division of the Map of the World in two hemispheres. Two: The re-issue of the Zeno Map of the Arctic Regions which had appeared first 3 years before. "If the remarkable map in this little work had not received extensive circulation under the sanction of Ptolemy's name it would probably have been forgotten. During nearly a whole century it exercised an influence on the mapping of the northern countries to which there are few parallels in the history of cartography".<br><br>Girolamo Ruscelli c. 1504-1566 was a Venetian editor whose maps are primarily based on those by Jacopo Gastaldi 1548 but with many of his own additions and reproduced on a larger scale. Ruscelli introduces several important innovations in this volume through his 37 "modern" maps which cover Europe Africa Asia and the New World. Ruscelli includes a double hemisphere world map which was the first of its kind to be used in an atlas and "Carta Marina Nuova Tavola" a rare sea chart of the world. He includes a revised version of the Zeno map of the Arctic first published in 1558. The Zeno map describes the purported journey of the author's ancestors in the 1390s to Greenland Iceland the mythical islands of Frisland and Icaria and what is now thought to be Newfoundland and Labrador. While Zeno shows Greenland connected to Norway Ruscelli has updated the map by eliminating this land bridge. Despite its inaccuracies and inclusion of mythical lands the Zeno map persisted as the prevailing map of the Arctic and Greenland for many years. Six other New World maps include the South American continent Brazil Central America and the Baja Peninsula the eastern coast of North America Cuba and Hispaniola. Claudius Ptolemy 90-168 CE was a Roman geographer and mathematician living in Egypt who compiled his knowledge and theories about the world's geography into one seminal work. Although his maps did not survive his mathematical projections and location coordinates did. During the Renaissance revival of Greek and Roman works "Geographia" was rediscovered by monks and based upon Ptolemy's detailed instructions the maps were recreated. The first printed edition of "Geographia" with maps was published in Bologna in 1477. A rare and exciting edition for any collector. Sabin 66504<br/><br/> Giordano Ziletti unknown books
1562220508Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi 1562. hardcover. very good-. Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi 1562. 2 parts with separate pagination. Short thick 4to bound in 19th century vellum with red edges. Features 64 double page maps: 27 Ptolemaic maps showing the ancient world as Ptolemy knew it including one world map 37 "modern" maps with two world maps and several woodcut diagrams illustrations and decorative initials. Text in Latin. Staining throughout affecting some of the maps. Title page cropped .5" at right margin. Bookplate of Otto Orren Fisher and ink inscription of Charles Singer.<br/><br/> Giuseppe Moleto Josephus Moletius 1531-1588 was an Italian mathematician who based the text of this edition on the 1525 translation by Wilibald Pirckheimer. Moleto's draws upon Ruscelli's enlarged maps of his 1561 edition which in turn were based upon those by Jacopo Gastaldi. Moleto has also included some of Girolamo Ruscelli's innovations from his own edition: the double hemisphere world map and "Carta Marina Nuova Tavola" a rare sea chart of the world. Also from Ruscelli is a revised version of the Zeno map of the Arctic first published in 1558. The Zeno map describes the purported journey of the author's ancestors in the 1390s to Greenland Iceland the mythical islands of Frisland and Icaria and what is now thought to be Newfoundland and Labrador. While Zeno shows Greenland connected to Norway Ruscelli updated the map by eliminating this land bridge. Despite its inaccuracies and inclusion of mythical lands the Zeno map persisted as the prevailing map of the Arctic and Greenland for many years. Six other New World maps include the South American continent Brazil Central America and the Baja Peninsula the eastern coast of North America Cuba and Hispaniola. Moleto juxtaposes the Ptolemaic maps with the contemporary offering easy comparison between ancient and new. Claudius Ptolemy 90-168 CE was a Roman geographer and mathematician living in Egypt who compiled his knowledge and theories about the world's geography into one seminal work. Although his maps did not survive his mathematical projections and location coordinates did. During the Renaissance revival of Greek and Roman works "Geographia" was rediscovered by monks and based upon Ptolemy's detailed instructions the maps were recreated. The first printed edition of "Geographia" with maps was published in Bologna in 1477. A rare and exciting edition for any collector.<br/><br/> Vincenzo Valgrisi unknown books
1519045673Venice: Aldus & Andreas Torresano 1519. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf worn paneled with a central Venetian device. Corners worn through rubbing to hinges old paper spine labels lacking ties but sound overall. Very light dampstain in top margin in latter sections scattered very minor foxing heavier to endpapers but generally bright and clean. 301 19 leaves. Ahmanson-Murphy 183 Adams P1860 The first Aldine edition of Pontano's commentary on the Ptolemaic Centiloquium and Pontano's De rebus coelestibus two of the central astrological texts of the Renaissance. This volume was meant to complement the two volume edition of Pontano's works published by Aldine the year previous. Size: Quarto 4to. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Astronomy; Philosophy. Inventory No: 045673. <br/><br/> Aldus & Andreas Torresano hardcover books
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1915181190Munich: J.B. Obernetter 1915. Hardcover. VG- covers have heavy wear but pages of text and illustrations are clean and clear. Front cover is unnattached and heavy chipping to spine. Tan boards with brown lettering 2 preliminary leaves 180 pp many uncut bw illustrations and diagrams. Text is in Portuguese. Title translates to: "Treaty of the sphera with Theorica of the sun and the moon and the first book of Geographia by Claudio Ptolomeo." History of Portuguese nautical science at the time of the great discoveries. J.B. Obernetter hardcover books
1786RW1618Nancy:: Chez C. S. Lamort 1786. 1786. 4to. 2 vi 192 2 pp. 2 large folding zodiac maps. Title vignette full mottled calf leather gilt-stamped spine label raised bands; joints worn corners showing. Very good. Side-by-side translation of Ptolemy's Greek into French describing the position of the stars during Ptolemy's lifetime. / "Montignot has given us the original Greek and a French translation of the seventh book of Ptolemy's great work under the title of `Etat des etoiles fixes au second siecle' in quarto. He has given the designation of the same stars by Flamstead Flamsteed and Beyer and their position in the year 1786." – Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Willard. Chez C. S. Lamort, 1786. hardcover books
1999150843Aldershot England: Ashgate Publishing 1999. Hardcover. NF but for a hint of rubbing at corners/spine ends; VG dj but for light bumping to upper corners/head of spine. Original price sticker from the Courtauld Gallery on back cover; dj not price-clipped. Maroon cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Glossy teal dj with color illus. and white lettering. Decorative end papers. 204 pp. with color and bw images throughout numbered by chapter. Sir John Soane's architectural achievements include the Bank of England the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the remodelling of country homes such as Wimpole Hall and Aynhoe Park. Dean examines 10 country house projects reconstructing the creative transactions between client and architect architect and skilled craftsman and showing Soane's drawings and sketches as well as the author's own watercolor drawings. This illustrated inventory is the first fully-researched guide to Soane's country house practice an architectural legacy that has rarely been matched. With photographs by Martin Charles and including a gazetteer. Ashgate Publishing hardcover books
19851342780Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 1085 pages; VG-; full genuine brown leather binding; spine paneled with bright gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear and soiling; all edges bright gilt; silk moire end papers; satin ribbon bookmark; pages clean; shelved Case 9 3/4. 1342780. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Franklin Library hardcover books
1956DL1160Louvain:: Bibliotheque de l'Universite Bureaux de Recueil 1956. 1956. Series: Universite de Louvain Recueil de Travaux d'Histoire et de Philologie 4th ser. fasc. 8. First edition. 8vo. 131 358 pp. 100 figs. Original printed wrappers. Ownership ink signature of David C. Lindberg. Very good. Bibliotheque de l'Universite Bureaux de Recueil, 1956. unknown books
1562046246Venice: Valgrisi 1562. Early Edition. Single map leaf from one of the Ruscelli pocket editions of Ptolemy - likely the 2nd edition printed in 1562 the first was 1561 the 3rd 1564. Light soiling - a very good impression. Image area is 10.5' x 8". Size: Quarto 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Geography & Maps; Inventory No: 046246. Valgrisi unknown books
179440805London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell Edinburgh E. Balfour 1794. A very good copy small marginal tear just touching a blank section of map. 31 x 52 cm. Removed from: Robertson William Historical Disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India. [Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell] [Edinburgh] [E. Balfour] unknown books
2017131308Ann Arbor MI: William L. Clements Library 2017. hardcover dust jacket. 8.75 x 11 inches. hardcover dust jacket. 230 pages. "A handsome and well-illustrated book on a worthwhile subject at a reasonable price. Graffagnino Austin Ptolemy and Dunnigan shed light on sixteen fascinating figures whose contribution to our understanding of American History is inestimable and often underrated. I have a hard time finding fault with The Pioneer Americanists except to wish it were twice as long."<BR><br /> - William Butts Manuscripts<BR><br /> <BR><br /> The Pioneer Americanists is a captivating look at the lives and careers of eight generations of outstanding Americanists prior to 1900. Here are autobiographical and contemporary biographical sketches of White Kennett Isaiah Thomas James Lenox Joseph Sabin John Carter Brown Lyman Copeland Draper George Brinley Jr. and the other noteworthy specialists who created and nurtured the Americana field from the late seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Illustrations from the remarkable collections of the William L. Clements Library and other leading institutional archives complement the texts to provide a panoramic window on the early story of Americana appreciation collecting and description. Anyone with a professional or avocational interest in antiquarian Americana will find The Pioneer Americanists a fascinating treasury of information enlightenment and inspiration. William L. Clements Library unknown books
1953S11818New York:: New York Public Library 1953. 1953. 8vo. 86 pp. Printed wrappers; corner bent some minor soiling. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO WILLIAM DUANE STAHLMAN. Very good. New York Public Library, 1953. unknown books
