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1574réf. 005867Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi 1574. 1574 Edition. Engraving on Copper. Very Good. Double-page copperplate engraved map with letterpress text. Image: 26 x 19 cm. Sheet: 34 x 24 cm. A highly decorative and historically significant 16th-century map of North and Northeast Africa derived from Ptolemy’s 2nd-century geography. The map was published in the 1574 edition of Geographia edited by Girolamo Ruscelli and printed in Venice by Vincenzo Valgrisi. This is “Tabula Africae III” the third of Ptolemy’s Africa maps focusing on: Libya Egypt Cyrenaica Thebes and parts of Arabia Prominent classical sites including: Alexandria Cyrene Memphis Thebes Ptolemais Ammonis templum Mountain chains rivers and desert regions in stylized Renaissance form The map features Latin titling and classical toponyms while the verso contains the original Italian commentary explaining the geography cities and coordinates. CONDITION: Very good. Strong impression with clear platemark. Central fold as issued. Mild age toning and minor wear to margins. Backed at top center. Verso complete with full letterpress text Tavola Terza d’Africa Antica. Note: only this 1574 edition contains Vincenzo Valgrisi's elaborate printer's emblem showing: A lion leaping or attacking a smaller animal often interpreted as a fox and a large bird resembling an ostrich standing nearby. Vincenzo Valgrisi unknown
réf. 1024156877.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 102483560X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 1108063640.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0674994795.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1813réf. 1346487Paris: Chez Henri Grand 1813 1816. First French Edition. Hardcover. Octavo Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in full 20th-century red library bindings with gilt lettering to spine. Boards show mild shelf wear and soiling. Very mild age toning to text blocks. Facing text in Greek and French. Contains mathematical diagrams. Shelved in Case 10. 1346487. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Chez Henri Grand hardcover
1991réf. Ancient World cptgAncient World cptg Claudius Ptolemy active 2nd century. The Geography. Translated and edited by Edward Luther Stevenson; with an introduction by Joseph Fischer. Mineola N.Y.: Dover; Toronto: General Pub. Company; London: Constable 1991 1 atlas xvi 167 ca. 121 p.: ill. maps; This The Dover reprint came from the library of a bibliophile who had a wonderful collection of printed books on the history of maps. The original paperback volume was rebound in a handsome blue library buckram with wrappers bound in gilt lettering on spine. Measures 9 ½" x 12 ½". Fine copy. $50.00 Box 5678 Notes Translation of the Geographia and dedication of the 1460 ms. ed. Codex Ebnerianus prepared by Donnus Nicholas Nicolaus Germanus. "Translation based upon . Latin and Greek texts" and later editions--P. xiii. At head of title: Claudius Ptolemy. Unabridged republication in reduced dimensions of the limited ed.: Geography of Claudius Ptolemy. New York: New York Public Library 1932. Includes reproductions of maps and some text from the Codex Ebnerianus and reproductions of two maps from 16th cent. printed eds. of the Geographia: the Ruysch world map from the 1508 ed. and the Lorenz Fries world map from the 1522 ed. Subjects Ptolemy active 2nd century. Geographia Manuscripts Latin -- Facsimiles Early maps -- Facsimiles Atlases -- Early works to 1800 Geography Ancient Geography Ancient -- Maps Author / Creator Nicolaus Germanus active 15th century. Stevenson Edward Luther 1858-1944. Fischer Joseph 1858-1944 New York Public Library Other title Claudius Ptolemy the Geography. Other title Codex Ebnerianus New York Public Library ISBN : 0486268969 pbk. : Dover; General Pub. Company; Constable hardcover
1936réf. 304164 pages in dark blue cloth with gilt titling on spine. Second printing of this edition. Appendix contains extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest the whole of his Centiloquy and a diagram of the Zodiacal Planisphere with an explanation by J.M. Ashmand. Several diagrams and tables throughout. Previous owner's inscription on front pastedown. Hinges shaken possibly glued. One front free end paper razored out. A few check marks in the margins. Else pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm spine is square. Good. The Aries Press hardcover
1970réf. 1970Liechtenstein: Klaus Reprint 1970. FacsimileFacsimile. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Klaus Reprint Liechtenstein 1970 in - folio 20.5 x 14" 52x35cm of 141 pages 51 double-plate maps. New reprint edition of the standard work on the history of cartography by geologist explorer and collector of old maps Adolf Erik Nordenskjöld 1832-1901. Extensive iconography with numerous in-text map reproductions and 51 high-quality double-plate reproductions based on the famous atlases by Ptolemy Mercator Gastaldi and Apinius Ortelius; Published in Stockholm in 1889 entitled “Facsimile-Atlas to the Early History of Cartography with Reproductions of the Most Important Maps Printed in the XV and XVI Centuries”. This copy is from the second reprint edition of 1961 with a preface by Kraus. In very good condition. Klaus Reprint hardcover
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réf. 2013671539.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 2014497656.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 2329075766.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1120199433.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 101720411X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1896réf. 000021169Glasgow: Hay Nisbet and Co. 1896. later edition. hardcover. Poor. Octavoapprox. 5 3/8" by 7 7/8" flexible brown leather covers xxvii 5 246 1 pages. Title page browned but the rest of the text is clean and unmarked. Repairs with linen tape at hinges as well as internally. Titling on paper spine label very faded. Mottling on covers damaged area at foot of spine and bottom of rear cover; no text is affected by the damage. 092717B Hay Nisbet and Co. hardcover
1541réf. 15881Vienna 1541. Very good condition. The second map to show just southern Africa; it is based on the Waldseemuller modern map of southern Africa and derived from Ptolemy. Decoratively illustrated with African kings serpents an elephant and a Christian soldier riding a sea monster towards Madagascar. Three large rivers arise from a mountain range labeled 'Fontes Nili' source of the Nile other mountain ranges and coastal towns named in Latin or Portuguese. With the figure of the King of Portugal riding a sea monster towards Madagascar. Based on the slightly larger map from 1513 published in "Ptolemy's Geographia". The atlas was reprinted in 1520 1522 1525 1535 and 1541. This wood block was cut in 1525 for the publisher J.Grünninger. This being the variant of 1541 now without the banner title but title in letter type and blank verso. From the last edition of Ptolemy's "Geography" with maps by Laurens Fries and the text edited by Michael Servetus. Servetus was accused of heresy and burnt at the stake. Calvin ordered that copies of the book should be burnt with him although this copy seems to have eluded the flames. Wood block map with early hand color. Blank on the verso with the number 39 at the lower right corner. Image size: 16 7/8 x 13". Paper size: 21 1/4 x 15". Strengthened on the verso very faint browning at middle of center fold otherwise very good. Betz p. 55-56. Tooley "Map Collectors' Circle No. 30 Printed Maps of the Continent of Africa Part II" p. 61-62. Karrow "Mapmakers of the Sixteenth Century" unknown
1985réf. 1342780Franklin 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
1973réf. 1602050041West of England Press 1973. Hardcover. Like New. Facsimile of the 1520 edition. Burgundy cloth with crimson spine label. 46 cm. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Spine cocked. Includes maps and original Latin text as well as essays on the history of the work. Clean unmarked pages. This is an over sized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. West of England Press hardcover
1742réf. 09570London: Printed for John and Paul Knapton at the Crown 1742 Book. Good. Hardcover. in the original full leather with five raised bands modestly worn both hinges cracked but holding no significant foxing all folding maps present and untorn very little wear inside. Printed for John and Paul Knapton at the Crown hardcover
réf. B9781166477417New. unknown
1991réf. I5845New York: White Lotus 1991. Paperback. Good/no dj. 1.00. Claudius Ptolemy. Geography The White Lotus paperback
