La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino

Ptolemy, active 2nd century, Ruscelli, Girolamo, -approximately 1565. Espositioni et introduttioni universali sopra tutta le geografia di Tolomeo, Moleti, Giuseppe, 1531-1588. Discorso universale, Malombra, Gio. (Giovanni), editor, Ziletti, Giordano, active 16th century, printer, Vannoni, Bonifacio, former owner · 1574 · In Venetia : Appresso Giordano Ziletti · 12 pictures

A 1574 Venetian edition of Ptolemy's Geography, edited by Gio. Malombra and printed by Giordano Ziletti in Venice, aimed at scholars and readers of geography. The four pictures are woodcut historiated initials and decorative capitals, with foliage scrolls, a griffin-like bird, a seated figure, and a dog-like animal framed in ornamental borders, which a designer could use for decorative letter forms and border ideas.

Geography

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