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Magini, Giovanni Antonio
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Description
- Italia. Bologna: impensiis ipsius filius auctoris, 1620 (colophon: Bologna: Clemente Ferroni, 1630 [-1632])
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Second edition, folio (410 x 290mm.), engraved title-page, engraved portrait of the author (dated 1632), woodcut initials, 62 engraved maps, 59 double-page, 3 full-page, plus an additional double-page map of Italy, contemporary limp vellum wallet, some staining and soiling, a few margins frayed and soiled, additional map of Italy torn at fold (with slight loss at lower edge), some maps with tears to lower folds but without loss, binding worn
Catalogue Note
The second edition of the first atlas of Italy.
The additional map is Gastaldi's Geografia moderna di tutta l'Italia published by Pietro Petrucci. It is surprising that the Maginis, having published a wall-map of Italy, did not include a single-sheet general modern map, but only a historical map after Ptolemy. Magini's maps formed the basis for regional maps of Italy for the next fifty years.
The additional map is Gastaldi's Geografia moderna di tutta l'Italia published by Pietro Petrucci. It is surprising that the Maginis, having published a wall-map of Italy, did not include a single-sheet general modern map, but only a historical map after Ptolemy. Magini's maps formed the basis for regional maps of Italy for the next fifty years.