"Geographiae Universae Tum Veteris, Tum Novae Absolutissimum… Inquorum priore habentur Cl. Ptolemaei Pelusiensis", Magini, Giovanni Antonio

Second edition of Magini's Ptolemy published by Petrus Keschedt. Two parts in one quarto volume. Rebacked with contemporary quarter vellum and marbled paperboards. Two title pages, twenty-seven Ptolemaic maps and thirty-five modern maps. Includes three world maps (Ptolemai Typus, Universi Orbis Descriptio, and Universi Orbis Descriptio ad Vsum Navigantium) and a fine map of the Americas. All finely engraved in the Italian style with stippled seas. $5,500 RESERVE.

References: Phillips (A) #404.

Condition: B

Overall age toning throughout. Maps all with crisp impressions and overall good to very good. A few pencil notations, more extensive on Tabula Africa III. Vellum on spine is cracked with some loss on raised bands.