RAMUSIO GIOVANNI BATTISTA Delle Navigationi et Viaggi

Sale 2165 - Lot 68

Price Realized: $ 16,200

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Estimate: $ 20,000 - $ 30,000

RAMUSIO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA. Delle Navigationi et Viaggi. 10 wood-engraved maps, profusion of text illustrations. 3 volumes. 4to, 290x205mm, later reverse calf; map of Africa with slight loss along fold, several leaves with short repairable tears, worming around hinges on endpapers (not affecting text blocks), toning along bottom edges and extending partially up gutters from early dampstaining (not unsightly); early institutional bookplates on front flyleaves. Mixed edition. Venice: Giunti, 1613; 1583; 1606

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Volume 1 contains a double-page map of Africa and Sumatra, plus a single-page map of the Holy Land. Volume 3 contains double-page maps of Americas, Peru, Brasil, Nova Francia, and Hochelaga (trimmed to neatline in right margin), and single-page maps of Hispaniola and Mexico City.