PTOLEMAEUS, CLAUDIUS. Geografia; cioè, Descrittione Universale della Terra. Italian translation by Leonardo Cernoti with notes by Giovanni Antonio Magini. Engraved double-hemispheric world map after Rumold Mercator and 63 half-page maps by Girolamo Porro; woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text. [2], 62, 21, [15]; 212, [30] leaves, including blank 2d4. 2 volumes in one. Folio, 299x206 mm, contemporary vellum boards with spine title in ink, spine darkened with repaired hole, covers slightly warped, hinges reinforced, rear hinge cracked; some gatherings toned or browned, occasional marginal soiling, scattered mostly minor stains, spattered ink on C2r and small rust hole through map of Italy on M5v in second volume, endpapers wormed. Venice: Gio. Battista & Giorgio Galignani, 1598-97