Geographiae Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini, Philosophi ac Mathematici praestantissimi, Libri VIII, partim à Bilbaldo Pirckheymero .

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Folio (12 ¼ x 8 in.; 31.1 x 20.3 cm). 55 woodcut map (54 double-page and one folding being the new map of Pomerania), comprising 2 world maps, 27 maps of the ancient world and 26 of the modern world, ALL WITH CONTEMPORARY HAND COLORING, woodcut portrait of Ptolemy with his sextant on verso of title-page, woodcut text diagrams (of which 2 full-page), brief descriptive text surrounded by woodcut architectural borders (ascribed to Holbein) on the first recto of each map, woodcut initials, colophon with printer's woodcut device (on second verso of "Nova insulae") BINDING/CONDITION: Inscription at head of title-page erased, conjugate leaves BB 2,5 browned, short marginal tear on Valesia II (Map 35) with old repair, slightly affecting map, tiny worm trail on final leaf Cc8 touching headline and 2 letters. Contemporary paneled calf with triple filleted blind borders and gilt corner fleurons, central gilt strapwork medallions; rebacked to style in 6 compartments with raised bands, corners strengthened, old scratches to covers. (64V1A) A FINE COPY WITH CONTEMPORARY HAND COLORING OF THE MAPS. The fourth edition, and the last to be published in Münster's lifetime, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer. "This edition, with the colophon-date March 1552, differs from the earlier ones in several respects. It was the first to carry a royal privilege, that of the king of France dated from Paris 20 January 1552. Münster added to the preliminary matter a short treatise 'De utilitate tabularum geographicarum' by Conrad Lycosthenes (Pellikan's nephew) [i.e., Konrad Wolffhart], and a much more elaborate index divided into two parts, referring respectively to the ancient and the modern maps; one map was dropped and one new one added, with a consequent change in numeration; and for the modern map of the world a new block, already used in the 'Cosmographia' of 1550, had been engraved.Round the borders of all the modern maps were added woodcut strips with numerical divisions (1-18 vertically, 1-24 horizontally), serving as a grid for references in the index" (Skelton). REFERENCES: Burden 12, state 3 (with new roman numeral "XXVI" in title); Philips, Atlases 370; Shirley 92; R. A. Skelton (intro.), Theatrum orbis terrarum: Geographia (Ser. 3: Vol. 5), pp. XV?-XVI. N° de ref. del artículo 65ERM0043

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