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130 x 170 mm., in fine condition.
A rare map of central Asia published in Giacomo Gastaldi's influential edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia". Gastaldi was arguably the greatest Italian cartographer of the sixteenth century. It is also the world's first printed pocket atlas, and the first to use a mechanism to hold the plates in position so that the impression was good and level. The map is adorned with a cannibal scene upper right within the map and two further images in the upper corners. Karrow, R.W. (16 c.) 30/51; Nordenskiold Collection 214; Phillips, P.L. (Atlases) 369; Shirley "Atlases in the BL" T.Ptol 9a.
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GASTALDI, Giacomo : Tabula Asiae VIII
130 x 170 mm., in fine condition.
A rare map of central Asia published in Giacomo Gastaldi's influential edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia". Gastaldi was arguably the greatest Italian cartographer of the sixteenth century. It is also the world's first printed pocket atlas, and the first to use a mechanism to hold the plates in position so that the impression was good and level. The map is adorned with a cannibal scene upper right within the map and two further images in the upper corners. Karrow, R.W. (16 c.) 30/51; Nordenskiold Collection 214; Phillips, P.L. (Atlases) 369; Shirley "Atlases in the BL" T.Ptol 9a.
GASTALDI, Giacomo : Tabula Asiae VIII is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by Clive A. Burden Ltd..
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