This is a well-produced facsimile of Francesco Berlinghieri's edition of Ptolemy, published in Florence circa 1482. It was the first atlas published in vernacular Italian and the first to include modern geography, with 4 new maps drawn from contemporary sources: Novella Italia, Hispania Novella, Gallia Novella, and Palestina Moderna et Terra Sancta. The maps of Berlinghieri’s edition are unique among editions of Geographia in that they are the only ones to adhere to the original Ptolemaic projection with equidistant parallels instead of curved ones. There are 31 double-page maps. Introduction by R.A. Skelton. Part of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Series of Atlases in Facsimile Third Series - Volume IV. 372 pages. Elephant folio, green cloth covered boards with gilt insignia on the cover and title on spine, and an illustrated dust jacket.

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Condition: B

Contents are very good with minor toning and foxing and some creased corners. Covers are bumped and worn with light water damage. Dust jacket is chipped with light shelf wear.