Geographia Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini Olim a Bilibaldo Pirckheimherio translata, at nunc multis codicibus graecis collata, plurisque in locis ad pristinam ueritatem redacta a Iosepho Moletio Mathematico.

4to. Vellum binding. 4 unnum., 112 pp; 286 pp., 1 blank, 64 double page engraved maps, 32 unnumm. pp.; with woodcut printer's mark on title, ornamental woodcut initials, a few woodcut diagrams and as well tables in text. Illustrated with sixty-four double page fine engraved maps, throughout in strong and excellent impressions. A fine copy of this by Vincenzo Valgrisi in Venice 1562 published atlas, which is illustrated 27 Ptoemaic maps (with one ancient Ptolemy world map) and 37 so-called,modern' maps (among them two world maps by by Gastaldi,Orbis Descriptio' and,Carta Marina Nuova Tavola'). Among the other modern maps are the revised version by Rucelli of the,Zeno map' of the northern regions with depicting Groenland, Iceland and Norway. A highly interesting map for the exploration in the Northern Atlantic. Other maps depict Europe, Africa and Asia. Among them interesting maps of India, Thailand, Indonesia are included. The Americas are included with six double maps: Tierra Nueva (the Eastern Seaboard), Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova (Baja California with the gulf of Mexico), Tierra Nova (the South American continent), Brasil Nuova Tavola (Brazil), Isola Cuba Nova (Cuba) and Isola Spagnola Nova (Haiti).