Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino

Ptolemy, active 2nd century, Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565. Espositioni et introduttioni universali sopra tutta le geografia di Tolomeo, Rosaccio, Giuseppe, approximately 1530-approximately 1620. Descrittione della geografia universale, Haeredes Melchioris Sessae, printer · 1599 · In Venetia : Appresso gli heredi di Melchior Sessa · 28 pictures

This is a 1599 Venetian atlas of Ptolemy's geography, printed by the heirs of Melchior Sessa with commentary by Girolamo Ruscelli and additions by Giuseppe Rosaccio, aimed at scholars and general readers. Its pages show engraved maps of Asia, Arabia, America and Europe with ornate cartouches, ship and sea-monster decoration, latitude and longitude grids, and hand-lettered place names, offering designers examples of early cartographic ornament and border framing.

Geography

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