(Q42855)
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Agnese, Battista, active 16th century
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Huth, Alfred Henry, 1850-1910
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Huth, Henry, 1815-1878
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Atlases (Geographic)--Italy--15th century
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Maps (documents)--16th century
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Portolanos--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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approximately 1544].
16. century
1543Gregorian
1545Gregorian
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Extent: 1 volume, 14 leaves : parchment ; 242 ₉ 171 mm. (10 x 14 in.)
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Title from printed catalog.
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Parchment, ff. ii + 14 (13 sheets folded in center and pasted back to back) + i; 242 ₉ 171 mm. (map size, 193 ₉ 295 mm. on double page openings). Bifolia attached sequentially. Single gold ruled borders. Modern pencilled foliation. 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, green...
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Atlas in the characteristic style of Battista Agnese, probably made in Venice (since he worked there and Venetian linguistic forms appear in map notations) between 1543 and 1545 (later than HM 25 and earlier than HM 10 and HM 27) judging from geographical features.
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Bound, s. XVI, in Italian red morocco over wooden boards with 2 rectangles stamped in gold containing fleurets in the corners and 2 ornamental designs (same as on HM 25) on front and back covers; 4 clasps. Inside back binding is a place for a compass needle which would operate with the wind-rose drawn on the back pastedown.
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Arms of first owner (?) on f. 2: or a swan's (or eagle's) head sable issuant from a cloud azure, holding in its beak a horse-shoe proper; sold by Ellis Booksellers, London, 1864, to Henry Huth (1815-78). His bookplate on front pastedown and pencilled note "Portolano (4) p. 1171" and "1550" referring to The Huth Library (1880) pt. 4, 1171. On back pastedown pencilled note "H 5916" referring to...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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