Folio (mm 310x200). Pages [116], 563 [1]. 27 leaves with geographic xylographs on double pages (outside and within the text). External margins restored in the first quires. Browning more concentrated in the center of the volume and sparse rust stains throughout the volume; faded humidity spots in the upper margins of the first 50 leaves. Small restoration in the upper margin of the title-page, partially pasted down. Contemporary dark vellum binding. Prima edizione illustrata della più importante geografia del mondo latino. Le mappe seguono la tradizione di Ptolemaeus e sono inspirate a quelle fatte dal Münster per la sua edizione della Geografia. Nordenskiold, 30, 21: «the map of the world and three maps of Asia have been omitted, whereas the map of Greece and the 4th, 5th and 9th maps of Asia have been introduced twice. In the book there also appear small woodcut maps of Euboea, Creta, Lesbos, Rhodes, Cyprus and Cephalonia»; Phillips, 3390; Dibdin II, 433; Adams, S-1907; BMC German, 634; Hoffmann III, 454; Schweiger I, 304.
Folio (mm 310x200). Pages [116], 563 [1]. 27 leaves with geographic xylographs on double pages (outside and within the text). External margins restored in the first quires. Browning more concentrated in the center of the volume and sparse rust stains throughout the volume; faded humidity spots in the upper margins of the first 50 leaves. Small restoration in the upper margin of the title-page, partially pasted down. Contemporary dark vellum binding. Prima edizione illustrata della più importante geografia del mondo latino. Le mappe seguono la tradizione di Ptolemaeus e sono inspirate a quelle fatte dal Münster per la sua edizione della Geografia. Nordenskiold, 30, 21: «the map of the world and three maps of Asia have been omitted, whereas the map of Greece and the 4th, 5th and 9th maps of Asia have been introduced twice. In the book there also appear small woodcut maps of Euboea, Creta, Lesbos, Rhodes, Cyprus and Cephalonia»; Phillips, 3390; Dibdin II, 433; Adams, S-1907; BMC German, 634; Hoffmann III, 454; Schweiger I, 304.
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