(Q42849)
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Agnese, Battista, active 16th century
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Meerman, Gerard, 1722-1771
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Maps (documents)--16th century
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Portolanos--Italy--15th Century
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Atlases (Geographic)--Italy--15th Century
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Manuscripts (documents)--Italy--16th century
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Nautical charts--Early works to 1800
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1553.
16. century
1553Gregorian
1553Gregorian
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Extent: 1 volume, 14 leaves : parchment ; 369 ₉ 271 mm (14 x 18 in)
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Title from printed catalog.
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Parchment, ff. 14 (13 sheets folded in center and pasted back to back); 369 ₉ 271 mm. (map size, 288 ₉ 460 mm. on double page openings). Bifolia attached sequentially. Single ruled black borders. Original foliation in arabic numerals. Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with square capitals as display script; land masses outlined in blue ink with islands painted gold...
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Bound, s. XVI, in Italian red morocco over wooden boards, with gold tooled designs front and back, 4 clasps; inside back binding is a hole cut to hold a compass to operate with the wind-rose drawn on pastedown.
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Inscribed on f. 8, "Baptista agnese fecit venetiis anno domini 1553, die viii Iulii." On f. 2, erased arms (?), French, s. XVIex: argent a chevron (?). On front flyleaf, a note in Latin and French giving author and date of manuscript; on front pastedown, "No. 19901"; "845 MC" pencilled on front pastedown indicates the Gerard Meerman sale, The Hague, 1824, pt. IV, n. 845 to Sir Thomas...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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