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Adams P2234
Phillips 369
Sabin 66502
Thacher, II, p. 43 (Americana)
Mattiolo's Italian translation from the Greek of Ptolemy's Geographia.
At head of title: Ptolemeo.
"The first edition of Ptolemy's Geographia in Italian. The translation was made by Pietro Andrea Mattioli ... and the maps were designed and added by Jacopo Gastaldo ... The 60 double page copperplate maps wre mostly based on those of Münster in the Latin edition of 1540, but contain many important editions. They are accompanied by descriptive text printed on the backs and are numbered ..."--Sabin.
Colophon: In Venetia, ad Instantia di messer Gioua[n]battista Pedrezano libraro al segno della Torre a pie del ponte di Rialto. Stampato per Nicolo Bascarini nel anno del Signore, 1547, del mese di ottobre.
Signatures: [dagger]⁸, A-2D⁸, a-h⁸.
Register and colophon at end of text of Geographia, followed by a blank leaf.
LC copy imperfect; wanting map 60 and blank leaf following text of the Geographia; some words in the title crossed out in ink, but still legible.
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