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Liber Geographiae Cum Tabulis et Universali Figura et..
Liber Geographiae Cum Tabulis et Universali Figura et..
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Liber Geographiae Cum Tabulis et Universali Figura et Cum Additione Locorum Quae a Recentioribus Reperta Sunt Diligenti Cura Emendatus et Impressus. Claudius Ptolemaeus (after 83 - ca 168 AD). [Venice:] [Jacobius Pentius de Leucho], 1511. Folio (17 x 11 3/8 inches).Title-page printed in red, text printed in red and black. 28 woodcut double-page engraved maps follow the text with the names of places in red (EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT AND CRISP). 19th-century vellum ; modern brown morocco backed slipcase and chemise.A FINE COPY of the first Venetian edition of Ptolemy's Geography is a cartographical advancement of primary importance, being the first example of two color printing in western cartography, the first atlas to contain a cartographical representation of Japan, and only the second edition of the "Geography" to show the New World. Provenance: The small bookplate of Samuel Latham Mitchell Barlow on the front paste-down; long autograph inscription by Henry Harrisse, Barlow's bibliographical advisor, on the front free endpaper; Pierre S. du Pont III (1911-1988), his sale Collection of Navigation, Christie's 8th October 1991, lot 213, $37,500.
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