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Medina, P.de.

Lot 445
25.09.2024 10:00UTC +01:00
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€ 1 800
AuctioneerAuktionshaus Kiefer
Event locationGermany, Pforzheim
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Lot 445 | Medina, P.de.
Medina, P.de.
Arte del navigare. Di novo ampliata, & corretta. Venedig, T. Baglioni, 1609. 20 x 15,5 cm. Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke auf dem Titel, 1 blattgroßen Holzschnitt-Karte und ca. 80 Textholzschnitten. - 8 nn. Bll. (letztes weiß), 137 num. Bll. Zeitgenössischer flexibler Pergamentband.
Alden/Landis 609/77. - Palau 159.680. - Vgl. Sabin 47344. Church 98. Borba de Moraes 548. Mortimer 300. Scheepvaart Mus. 662. - Standardwerk für Navigation und Seefahrt. 2. italienische Ausgabe, reich illustriert mit schönen Holzschnitten. Mit einer blattgroßen Atlantik- und Amerika-Karte. Wohlerhaltenes Exemplar. - "The author, who was with Cortés, may be said to have been the founder of the literature of seamanship. He was entrusted by the King with the examination of pilots and sailing-masters for the West Indies, taught navigation, and was held in high esteem as a cosmographer. This book was most popular with the successors of Columbus". (Church I, 219) Die Holzschnitte sind leicht verkleinerte Nachschnitte des spanischen Originals von 1545. Die schöne blattgroße Karte (vgl. Burden 14) zeigt den Atlantik mit Westeuropa, Westafrika, die Ostküste Nordamerikas, ganz Mittelamerika und den nördlichen Teil Südamerikas. "[The map] may be taken as embodying the results of Spanish discovery in 1540" (Church). Unter den kleineren Holzschnitten eine runde, von Windengeln umgebene Weltkarte (Shirley 84), ferner verschiedene Schiffstypen und zahlreiche Diagramme aus den Bereichen Astronomie und Navigationslehre. - Vord. Vorsatz etw. stockfleckig, sonst schönes und kaum fleckiges Exemplar im zeitgenöss. Einband. - Titel mit altem hs. Besitzvermerk. - Classical work of navigation literature, first published at Valladolid in 1545 and rare in all editions. Second Italian edition, richly illustrated with fine woodcuts, including 1 fullpage map of America and Atlantic ocean, 1 small world map and numerous astronomic and nautical diagrams. Contemp. limp vellum. - Front endpaper somewhat foxed, else fine and nearly stainless unsophisticated copy.
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