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Levanto,F.M.

Starting price
€ 18 000
Auction dateClassic
12.05.2020 10:00UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
Auktionshaus Kiefer
Event location
Germany, Pforzheim
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ID 315652
Lot 2602 | Levanto,F.M.
Levanto,F.M. Prima parte dello Specchio del Mare, nel quale si descrivono tutti li porti, spiaggie baye, isole, scogli, e seccagni del Mediterraneo ... Non mai piu cosi ampiamente descritto, & arricchito di Carte Maritime nuovamente costrutte. Genua, Marion u. Cele 1664. Mit breiter gestempelt Titelbordüre mit kl. Seegefechtsszene und 25 gefaltet Kupferkarten sowie zahlreich Textholzschnitten. 2 Bl., 152 S. Pergament der Zeit (Rckn. erneuert).

Koeman Lev 1. Phillips/Le Gear 7858. Nat. Maritime Museum Cat. III/1, 42. LGK I, 349 (irrig mit 28 Karten). Nicht in der Crone Library und im Scheepvaart Museum. Erste Ausgabe. - Seltener Mittelmeer-Seeatlas. Nur der vorliegende erste Teil ist erschienen. - "Little is known about its author, but the work displays a strong Dutch influence, particulary in the style of the Van Keulens." (Nat. Maritime Museum Cat.) - Italienische Übersetzung von P. Goos' Straets-Boeck von 1662 mit den Karten in der Überarbeitung von F. M. Levanto, der schöne Kupfertitel wiederum ist eine spiegelverkehrte Kopie des Titels von Goos' Zee-Atlas. - Die zahlreich Holzschnitte im Text zeigen Navigationsinstrumente, Küsten- und Hafenkarten und v.a. Hunderte von Küstenaufrissen; die Karten mit den schönen gestempelt Küsten- und Inselkarten. - "Ein Handbuch, das sogleich bei See- und Steuerleuten beliebt war. Es war das Ergebnis einer 20jährigen Navigationserfahrung in diesem Raum." (LGK II, 503) - Vorsichtig gereinigtes Exemplar. Vors. erneuert, vereinz. leichte Knickspuren und hinterl. kl. Einrisse i.Rd., 2 Karten im Falz verso verstärkt, 2 Karten unten mit kl. Randläsuren, ansonsten von sehr guter Erhaltung mit den Karten in schönen kräftigen Abdrucken. - Contemp. vellum (spine new). Carefully cleaned copy. New endpaper, some slight creases and small repariert tears in margin, 2 maps reinforced in the folds verso, 2 maps small damages in the margins, otherwise very well preserved copy with the maps in beautiful, strong prints.
Auction house category:Different countries: history
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