(Q43350)

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Portolan atlas, Italian; cartographic material
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Atlases (Geographic)--Italy--17th century
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Extent: ff. 7 : parchment ; 360 x 541 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Layout: Bifolia attached sequentially. Borders are 2 sets of double ruled black lines.
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Other Decoration: Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in display script; land masses outlined in color, islands painted gold, blue, red or green; charts 1, 2 and 3 have from 15 to 17 elaborate compass roses with the usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red and green ink for the principal directions while charts 4, 5 and 6 have only 1 compass rose placed to...
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Inscribed and dated by the cartographer in Livorno on chart 3.
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Assigned Date: s. XVII4/4.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/14/2012.
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Black circular stamp "MN" of the Niccolini Collection in Florence on front flyleaf. Sold ca. 1825 by John Cochran to Sir Thomas Phillipps whose n. 3020 and Middle Hill stamp are on the frontispiece.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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