Sabin 66503
Thacher, II, p. 40 (Americana)
Ruscelli's Italian translation from the Greek of Ptolemy's Geographia.
"A new and important edition, with a new series of maps. The translation was made by Girolamo Ruscelli ... The 64 double page copperplate maps were partly based on those of Jacopo Gastaldo in the edition of 1548, but are on a somewhat larger scale"--Sabin.
Signatures: *⁴ A-2Y⁴, ²A-D² ²F² [chi]²F² ²G-Z², A1² B2² C² D², [alpha]-[eta]⁴, [cross]², ³A-F² [chi]³F² ³G-K² [chi]³K² ³N-²2N², ⁴A-F⁴, ⁵A-F⁴.
Sixty four double maps, with descriptive text on recto of first leaf and verso of last leaf.
"Espositioni et introduttioni universali di Ieronimo Ruscelli sopra tutta la Geografia di Tolomeo" (56 p.) and "Discorso universale di M. Gioseppe Moleto" (47 p.) have separate title pages.
Registers on p. [359] and on last leaf of "Tavola."
Includes index.