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His chef d'oeuvre however was the present atlas, designed to include a detailed map of every region of Italy with exact nomenclature and historical notes. Began in 1594 it soon proved ruinously expensive and Magini assumed the posts of astrologer to Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and tutor to his sons to pay for it. The Duke Ferdinando, to whom the atlas is dedicated, provided assistance for the project and allowed for maps of the various Italian states to be brought to Mantua, the governing authorities of Messina and Genoa also financially helped. Magini was not an engraver and had considerable problems from the mid-1590s onwards in keeping the service of those, such as the Dutch Arnold brothers, who were. Eventually he engaged the Englishman Benjamin Wright who completed the series in between his habitual bouts of drunkeness. The process took so long that Magini did not live to see its completion and the atlas was eventually published by his son Fabio, after a good deal of further revision. The result, according to Almagia (cit. inf.) eliminated numerous earlier errors in longitude and latitude, accurately indicated political boundaries and physical features and added numerous topographical names.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57816067637583,"sku":"L1211","price":22000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/L1211-3.jpg?v=1781795327"},{"product_id":"porcacchi-thomaso","title":"PORCACCHI, Thomaso","description":"\u003cp\u003eRare first edition of the most celebrated book of islands, by the Italian scholar Thomaso Porcacchi, beautifully illustrated with the delicate engraved maps and plans, one for each place, of Girolamo Porro, who also produced the maps for Ruscelli's translation of Ptolemy's Geographia in 1574. The first 15 illustrations begin with Venice and her surrounds, then pass from east to west through the Mediterranean, from Corfu, Crete and Cyprus via Rhodes, Sicily and Malta, to Corsica, Elba and the Balearics. The next six are from Northern Europe, the British Isles, Scotland, Ireland, the Frisian islands, Iceland and Gotland. Across the Atlantic are Hispanola, (with a lengthy account of the arrival of Columbus), Cuba and St Lawrence, the islands ending with Ceylon and the Moluccas. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n The last four illustrations comprise a remarkably important and detailed map of North America, a smaller version of Forlani's, and the first depicting that landmass as a single continental entity; it is also the first printing of the first atlas map of North America, followed by a detailed plan of Mexico city at the time of the Spanish conquest. The last two are very attractive and complete world maps, the second specifically designed for the use of navigators. Each of the illustrations is accompanied by a few pages of topographical and geographical description of the subject matter, including principal places, physical features, climate, customs and produce. The Isole is interesting both as a fine example of the most elegant Italian cartography but also as one of the most sophisticated responses to the increasing demand for reliable information about far away places. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n Albert Parre√±o was an alumnus of Princeton and a well-known collector of travel books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PORCACCHI, Thomaso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57816067998031,"sku":"L993","price":9500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/DSC_00031.jpg?v=1781795327"},{"product_id":"korean-map-jeolla-province","title":"KOREAN MAP, Jeolla Province","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe map has been produced in the style of Jeong Cheok ( \/ , 1390   1475), a successful 15th century cartographer, himself a scholar-retainer who served several Joseon kings. The modern concepts of latitude and longitude were not understood in Korea until the early 19th century, and the flatness and distortion of the land in Jeong Cheok-style representations reflect this. Nonetheless, the shape, layout, and topographical properties of the provinces are depicted with impressive accuracy, enabling an overland traveller to plan the most direct route avoiding natural barriers. \u003cbr\u003e\n  Jeong Cheok  maps bear a number of distinct stylistic characteristics. First, further information is added in a text border surrounding the map. Second, natural topographical features are highly simplified; mountains are indicated symbolically as a jagged row of uniform peaks, and coasts and waterways are low-detail. Third, districts (always with two-syllable names) and military bases are represented by uniformly sized bubbles. In this map, these bubbles are pink; the district name is written down the centre of the bubble; to the right is the number of days of overland travel required to reach it from the capital, and to the left is its administrative classification. The Joseon administrative classification system includes, from largest to smallest, the bu (provincial capital city), mok (mid-level city), gun or su (county or prefecture), and finally lyeong or gam (small town). \u003cbr\u003e\n The lines and text of the map are drawn in black ink. Land is uncoloured, while water is depicted in a light blue wash. Strikingly, water is coloured darker blue where it meets land. Mountains are coloured brown and labelled. Islands, also named, are depicted as white ovals in the ocean. There are one military base (byeongyeong ) and two naval bases (suyeong ), left and right, in pink bubbles. Land-based outposts (yeogdo ) and offshore ocean settlements are marked in white boxes. There is a title box with  Jeolla province   six  (Jeolla do lyuk ) in the top right corner. Within the text border running along the top, left, and right sides, there are remarks about what lies beyond the map in these directions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KOREAN MAP, Jeolla Province","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57816133337423,"sku":"L1754","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/L1754k.jpg?v=1781795254"},{"product_id":"ming-chinese-map","title":"MING CHINESE MAP","description":"\u003cp\u003eWithin the map, the fourteen administrative provinces of Ming China are disproportionately expanded relative to surrounding areas. They account for approximately 80% of the surface. The layout of the inland waterway network is the most prominent feature. Minor rivers are rendered as large as major ones, and named. Lakes and even the sources of some rivers are named. Also privileged are the relative positions of major waterside settlements. The map depicts them as similarly sized and spaced, illustrating at a glance the order in which one would arrive if travelling by boat. This depiction of the waterway network and its cities is distorted to fill the area of Ming China, and water-poor areas in the far west and north are dramatically shrunk or dispensed with entirely. Compensating for the distortion, the true distance between major Ming Chinese cities is stated in miles (li ) at several points. \u003cbr\u003e\n Cities and districts of greatest political, cultural, and historical significance are ringed in red: the northern and southern capitals of Beijing and Nanjing , the cultural centre and ancient capital of Luoyang , and Xianyang . Xianyang was important to the Western Zhou (1046   771 BC, remembered as a halcyon period of pre-imperial China) and as well as the capital of the first dynasty, the Qin (221   206 BC), and these dynasties are noted on the map. Also drawn and named are several mountain ranges, which would serve as markers for navigation by water. Interestingly, the name markers of many of the fourteen provinces and Joseon Korea (Chaoxian ) are accompanied by the name of corresponding constellations from among the twenty-eight lunar lodges (ershiba su ). The Great Wall (chang cheng ) is marked, but its shape is distorted. For example, Ming extensions of the Wall into the east, which reach to the modern border of North Korea, are depicted as a stub. Similarly, the western extremities of the Wall extending through modern Gansu and Xinjiang are shrunk and simplified. \u003cbr\u003e\n Water features are also the focus in the depiction of territories beyond the border. Interestingly, foreign water features are rendered as large and as clearly as those within Ming China, even if unconnected. These include Lake Baikal (Hanhai ) and, in the southwest, what appears to be the Indus river. Mountains that are near to or form the source include the Khentii mountains (Langjushan ) and of greatest cultural importance, the Kunlun mountains in the west. One of the most intriguing features is the depiction of the mythical underground river linking the Yellow River back to its imagined source in the Kunluns, drawn in faint yellow and running below the Great Wall. Many non-Han tribes, settlements, and ethnic groups are indicated in their proper locales. \u003cbr\u003e\n In addition to these natural features, also depicted are outlying foreign regions and nations, bordering China or accessible by water. These are rendered comparatively small in contrast to the provinces of Ming China itself. These include modern Tibet and Xinjiang (Xifan ), Joseon Korea, Japan (Ribenguo ), what is now Vietnam (indicated both as Annan and Jiaozhi ), Thailand ( Siam , Xianluoguo ), the Chenla kingdom (Zhenlaguo ), and modern-day Hainan (Qiongzhou ). (It is noteworthy that the character used for  country , guo , is a pre-modern simplified form.) Also included is the Xiaoliuqiu island, just off the southern coast of Taiwan. However, Taiwan is not depicted, even though it was well-known to and settled by the Ming Chinese. This is also the case in other maps of the period. \u003cbr\u003e\n Far off islands in the southern and eastern seas or circled regions in the west and north are marked in minimal detail. The Liuqiu kingdom (Liuqiuguo ), for example, refers to unspecified islands in the East China Sea, though the name is currently used for the Ryukyu Islands. The  Kingdom of pierced stomachs  (Chuanweiguo ),  Kingdom of large men  (Darenguo ), and  Kingdom of little men  (Xiaorenguo ) belong to this category. Most interesting among these, perhaps, is the country is the far southeast, N√ºrenguo ,  Kingdom of women . Some scholars believe this refers to the uncharted but rumoured areas of Northern Australia, which many Ming Chinese presumed to operate a matriarchal society. 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Nonetheless, the shape, layout, and topographical properties of the provinces are depicted with impressive accuracy, enabling an overland traveller to plan the most direct route avoiding natural barriers.  Jeong Cheok  maps bear a number of distinct stylistic characteristics. First, further information is added in a text border surrounding the map. Second, natural topographical features are highly simplified; mountains are indicated symbolically as a jagged row of uniform peaks, and coasts and waterways are low-detail. Third, districts   always with two-syllable names   and military bases are represented by uniformly sized bubbles. In this map, these bubbles are pink; the district name is written down the centre of the bubble; to the right is the number of days of overland travel required to reach it from the capital, and to the left is its administrative classification. The capital city (gyeong ) bubble is circled twice. The Joseon administrative classification system includes, from largest to smallest, the bu (provincial capital city), mok (mid-level city), gun or su (county or prefecture), and finally lyeong or gam (small town). The lines and text of the map are drawn in black ink. Land is uncoloured, while water is depicted in a light blue wash. Strikingly, water is coloured darker blue where it meets land. Mountains are coloured brown and labelled. Islands, also named, are depicted as white ovals in the ocean. Land-based outposts (yeogdo ) and offshore ocean settlements are marked in white boxes. There is a title box with  Capital   [province] four  (gyeonggi sa ) in the top right corner. Within the text border running along the top, left, and right sides, there are remarks about what lies beyond the map in these directions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KOREAN MAP, Capital Province","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57816133468495,"sku":"L1755","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/1-1_5ef02c80-d660-4d74-a4a8-895fa0f56ca1.jpg?v=1781795252"},{"product_id":"adrichem-christian-van","title":"ADRICHEM, Christian van","description":"\u003cp\u003eA good, lavishly illustrated and unusually complete copy, in fine impression, of this superb biblical atlas. Christian van Adrichem (or Adrichomius, 1533-85) was a Catholic theologian who was forced to flee from the Convent of St Barbara in Delft to Cologne to avoid Protestant persecutions. In addition to an historical account of the life of Christ, he published his very successful  Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum  (1590), of which this is the sixth edition.  Theatrum  brought together theories dating back to medieval times and late antiquity i.e., world history as sacred history; maps as texts where history and geography, time and space, coexist as well as more recent disciplines like chorography, i.e., the illustrated study of the topography and history of specific regions. The first part provides a description of ancient Palestine and the antiquities of Jerusalem, with the visual guidance of handsome depictions of the Holy Land, the allotments of the tribes of Israel (with hundreds of cities) and a bird s-eye-view plan of Jerusalem. The first and last of these maps are frequently missing in recorded copies but finely preserved in this one. Produced in 1584, the plan of Jerusalem is a magnificent scholarly reconstruction of the city at the time of Christ, which remained unrivalled in accuracy until the archaeological discoveries of the C19. It names walls, gates and buildings, also discussed in the text, and was also the first map to chart the location of the 14 Stations of the Cross. Inspired by ancient historiographic works like Eusebius s  Chronicon , the second part provides a chronology of world history shaped by the succession of empires and popes, from Adam to Rudolph II of Habsburg and Sixtus V. A masterpiece of Renaissance antiquarian culture. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n Gaspar Gyrod was professor of theology at the Seminary of St Joseph in Lyon, where this copy was preserved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ADRICHEM, Christian van","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57816152211791,"sku":"L2757","price":3950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/2022-01-20-05.42.45.jpg?v=1781794938"},{"product_id":"ptolemy","title":"PTOLEMY.","description":"\u003cp\u003eHandsome, complete set of finely engraved maps extracted from the first edition of Giuseppe Moleto  Latin re-translation of Ptolemy s Geography. An Italian mathematician, Moleto (1531-1588) revised and annotated the text of Pirckheymer s previous translation (1525) on the basis of various Greek manuscripts. Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria (c.100-170 AD) is regarded as the most influential ancient astronomer. His  Geographia  is an atlas and a treatise on cartography which constitutes a fundamental compendium of the geographic knowledge of the Greco-Roman world. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n The 64 excellent copperplate maps are reproduced from the Italian edition by Girolamo Ruscelli printed by Valgrisi the year before, with very minor differences. These maps were engraved by the Venetian Giulio Sanuto under the direction of his brother, the cosmographer and cartographer Livio Sanuto (1520-1576). There are 27 old Ptolemaic maps and 37 new ones. The first plate shows Ptolemy s famous map of the world, while the second plate, depicting the world divided into two hemispheres, is considered by Nordenski√∂ld to be the first such map to appear in an atlas. The third map represents the World s hydrography, and it is followed by several maps illustrating Europe, Africa, Asia and north and south America, many focusing in detail on their countries and regions. Remarkably, plate 58   which contains a map of Sri Lanka   includes a charming illustration of an elephant and it is the only one accompanied by a similar decoration. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n From the end of the 15th century, the  de Chrochard  family was one of the noble families of Anjou, in north-west France. The ex-libris on this copy most likely belongs to Alexis-Hyacinthe de Crochard, second son of Armand-Ren√® de Crochard, Lord of Crochadiere and Piochere, who resided with his family in La Fl√®che. Born in 1721, Alexis was a knight (chevalier), he died at the age of 76 in Chevir é-le-Rouge, unmarried. The ms. poem at the end, which does not appear in any published sources we have been able to consult, might be an unedited composition, possibly written by Alexis himself. The 36 verses describe, in a playful and often quite explicit manner, the encounter between two lovers. Interestingly, it appears that the author marked the ending of a couple of verses as incomplete, probably intending to conclude them at a later time. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n The very fine contemporary binding, in red morocco beautifully tooled in gold, resembles some made by Claude de Picques (for example, see BL Database of Bookbindings C183b9). Personal bookbinder to Queen Catherine de Medici and later official  relieur du roi  to Henry II of France (from 1556 to 1578), De Picques is credited with having designed some of the finest bindings of the 16th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PTOLEMY.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57859640787279,"sku":"L3691","price":12500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/7-1-1.jpg?v=1781793753"},{"product_id":"ortelius-abraham-1","title":"ORTELIUS, Abraham.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis edition contains the first Western map of China and Japan as well as the first appearance of new maps of Florida, Peru and North Eastern Mexico. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n A superb deluxe copy, finely coloured and profusely highlighted in silver and gold, of the first modern world atlas, in a luxury publisher s binding. A scholar, but primarily a publisher, Ortelius made his atlas attractive to the contemporary mannerist and baroque taste embellishing his maps with complex frames, countless ornamental illustrations and minute particulars. For this reason, the  Theatrum  was the most expensive book of its day and one of the most desired. Lavishly illuminated copies were hand-coloured by the  afzetters  (artists) of the prestigious school of Antwerp. Some of them were produced for presentation to important figures, but many were made on commission for wealthy clients and customised according to their specific requirements. Often, clients would send their requests for illuminated copies to Ortelius in person, who worked for many years as a decorator of maps himself. This copy is outstanding as every plate has details highlighted in gold and silver: the lettering, scales and compasses, fine borders of cartouches, sea waves, ship flags, sea creatures and the small characters  clothes. Such pervasive and expert application of gold and silver is rare, as it was the costliest form of decoration. The only comparable example sold at auction in recent years was from the magnificent library of the bibliophile and map collector Lord Wardington (Sotheby s, 10 Oct. 2006, 355). \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n Abraham Ortels, known as Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Brabantian cartographer and geographer. In 1547, he began his career as a map illuminator at Antwerp, where he also worked as a bookseller and print dealer. He travelled extensively around Europe, especially with the great cartographer and friend Mercator, and was appointed geographer to Philip II king of Spain. The  Theatre of the World  (first published in 1570), is a  landmark in cartographic publication  (PMM) which marks the beginning of the golden age of Dutch cartography. Ortelius called his atlas a  theatre  (Theatrum), because   rather than a simple collection of maps   it was conceived as the stage of a beautiful spectacle that takes the reader on an imaginary voyage throughout the entire known world. For this monumental project, he gathered individual maps of cartographers from all over Europe, reviewed and redrew them himself, then had them engraved by the artist Frans Hogenberg (1535 1590). For the first time, a complete picture of the globe was presented and equal attention was dedicated to every part of it, with detailed descriptions and scholarly citations. The structure of the atlas is simple: it opens with a map of the world, followed by continental maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, then it shows smaller regions within each continent. At the end,  Nomenclator Ptolemaicus  is a long list of geographical names. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  Theatrum  was an immediate success, and it became so popular that   between 1570 and 1612   over forty editions were produced in many different languages (Latin, Dutch, French, German and Spanish). This is the second Latin edition by Plantin, considerably improved and enlarged from the previous, comprising 112 double-page plates (the first edition contained 53) of which 24 are new additions. Among them, number 93 is the first map of China and Japan printed in Europe, remarkably containing Chinese characters in its description. Also new is number 8, depicting Peru, Florida and Guastecan (one of four plates dedicated to the Americas in this edition). Ortelius gives a colourful description of these regions: Peru is  the richest in gold of the entire world  and the inhabitants of Florida are  barbarians ( ) they ate spiders, ants, lizards, snakes and all sorts of venomous creatures and insects . Eight new plates were added to the  Parergon  (here in its second edition), an extremely fascinating section of the atlas with historical maps illustrating the geography of Roman times. Ortelius is the only Renaissance atlas maker who mentions his sources, and the list of contributors ( catalogum auctorum ) in this edition counts 134 names. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n Ortelius  example was followed by generations of cartographers and his maps were consulted and studied non only by geographers. The maps of Asia and Africa displayed in this edition inspired the geography of Christopher Marlowe s great play Tamburlaine. 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This unique .volume includes an additional fold-out map of the city accompanied by a manuscript description .written by the author himself and signed with his initials. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n .Stephan Broelmann (1551-1622) was a jurist and professor of Law at the University of Cologne, born .to a wealthy and well-connected patrician family. Extremely fond of history and archaeology, he was .also a remarkable researcher and an active collector of Roman antiquities. For several years, .alongside his activity as a lawyer, Broelmann worked on an ambitious four-volume work on the .history of Cologne which remains incomplete in manuscript form. Only a small part of it was .published in this lavishly illustrated edition, in two parts, titled Epideigma  ( presentation ). . Epideigma  is an extraordinary document, a history of Rhineland and in particularly of the city of .Cologne in Roman times (until AD 475). Broelmann based his treatise on archaeological and written .sources, as well as on two manuscripts in his possession: the accounts written by a monk of the .Eberbach monastery and a codex of the  Annales Colonienses maximi , known as  Chronicle of .Gotfried von St. Pantaleon . \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n .The most attractive feature of this volume is the fourteen magnificent engravings, designed by the .author and realised by two of the most prominent engravers of Cologne. Broelmann engaged Georg .Braun (1541-1622), the geographer and cartographer who edited the famous atlas  Civitates orbis .terrarum  (1572) with Frans Hogenberg (1535 1590), and Johann Hogenberg (1594-1614), portrait .engraver and son of Frans. The plates - preceded by dedications to dignitaries, academics and clerics .- contain historical maps of Germany, Europe and Asia, charming views of Cologne in its early days .and also a fascinating series of artefacts, including statues, inscriptions and coins. Remarkably, the .drawings show the position of the Roman wall around Cologne, and record a collection of antiquities .which helped modern historians dealing with a large number of inscriptions that have been destroyed .by war or urban development. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n .At the end, the volume includes one large additional map depicting contemporary Cologne, by Braun .and Hogenberg (father), which appeared for the first time in Civitates orbis terrarum  (1572). On the .plate, a series of hand-written numbers and letters correspond to streets, buildings and other main .features of the city, which are all catalogued and described in three manuscript leaves. The .manuscript is signed at the end with the initials  S.B.A. IC , which stand for the name of the author: . Sebastian Broelmann Agrippinensis ,  Iuris Consultus , meaning expert in law. The charming .cursive calligraphy corresponds perfectly to Broelmann s personal handwriting, as we were able to .confirm through a careful comparison with images of his original manuscripts (preserved at the .Historischen Archiv der Stadt K√∂ln, Best. 7030, Chroniken und Darstellungen, 74, 75 and 76). \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n .This unique manuscript section and the presentation inscription to the title page suggest that this copy .was gifted to Scipione Borghese (1551-1622) by the author himself, who included an additional plate .with his own notes as a further homage to this prominent Italian Cardinal, art patron and collector. .Moreover, the entire volume is beautifully hand-coloured and this would have been appropriate for a .gift destined to such a high-profile patron. The variety, brightness and vividness of the colours are .outstanding and reflect the taste of the Dutch Baroque period: different shades of green, blue, grey, .yellow, orange, purple, red, brown and even gold and silver were applied with extreme precision by .an artist of great expertise and creativity. Here and there, the decorator added small bare and twisted .trees which do not appear in the original design of the engravings. \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n .A sign that the colouring of the final plate is contemporary and probably commissioned by the author .is that the manuscript reference numbers and letters are clearly written on top of the paint. In .addition, on the verso of all plates, green areas appear as brown shadows under a UV light   .indicating that colour has oxidised. 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Upon returning to England in 1600, he was appointed secretary to Lord Mountjoy, whom he followed to Ireland to curb Tyrone’s Rebellion. ‘Itinerary’ gathers his own personal accounts of these travels; a fourth part was produced in ms but remained unpublished to 1903. ‘Throughout his travels, Moryson shows a protean ability to traverse conventional boundaries and markers of identity, […] a talent for dissimulation that he recommends for aspiring travellers’ (Netzloff, p.61).\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n\u003cp\u003ePart I provides accounts of his travels in Germany, Switzerland and the Low Countries – where he returned after visiting France (Part III) – as well as Denmark and Poland. Part II begins with his arrival into Padua, and a most interesting note on ‘plague passes’. From Padua, Moryson went to Arquà, to see Petrarch’s house and tomb; Venice in 1594, of which he provides copious descriptions; he then moved to Milan and Cremona. He continued along the Adriatic coast to Rimini and Ancona, then Rome and Naples, which are thoroughly described and illustrated. The last chapter recounts his travels in Turkey and the Middle East, including the Holy Land, with a map and detailed account of Constantinople and Christ’s Sepulchre. This section includes interesting observations on Turkish customs, Christian (especially Greek) and Jewish communities he met there and their status within the Ottoman empire, and the demeanour a Christian traveller should adopt in Muslim countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are also a few sections on England and Scotland, where Moryson met James VI. Part II is entirely devoted to Ireland, beginning in 1594 and covering Tyrone’s Rebellion, during which Moryson assisted Lord Mountjoy, Lord Deputy. His account moves from a genealogy of Hugh O’Neale and his clan to detailed accounts of Anglo-Irish relations (with the reproduction of official letters) and conflicts to 1603, including Mountjoy’s prosecution of the rebels, the siege of the Spaniards at Kinsale, and Tyrone’s capture. Part III is a manual for travellers, with advice on the demeanour and skills to survive abroad, the climate and customs of the countries he visited, their fashions, government and ‘nature’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoryson placed great importance on economic information. His work includes ‘the rates of Coaches or Horses hired, the expenses for horses and man’s meat’, albeit he admits that ‘the continuall change of prices and rates in all Kingdoms’ may not make his notes on daily expenses helpful. When these are expressed in ‘unknown coins’, he provides a table of currency conversion, to which Ch.5 Book III is entirely devoted, the following chapter dealing with ‘the best means to exchange monies into foreign parts’, specifically German and Dutch currencies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eEdward Conyers of Walthamstow (1693?-1742) of Copt Hall was MP for East Grinstead 1725-41 (cf. Book Owners Online). This copy was later at the Benedictine Downside Abbey (Stratton-on-the-Fosse, near Bath), originally founded in Douai and translated to England in the C18.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MORYSON, Fynes.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57868673843535,"sku":"L3818","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/L3818-5.jpg?v=1781793656"},{"product_id":"benzoni-girolamo-bry-theodor-de","title":"BENZONI, Girolamo; BRY, Theodor De.","description":"\u003cp\u003e.The second or  counterfeit  issue of the first edition of the fifth part of Theodore De Bry s 8-part series on the discovery of America, complete with map of New Spain, a territory covering the southwestern portion of North America, and extensive engravings based on eyewitness accounts, accompanying text from Girolamo Benzoni s second book of his  Novae Novi Orbis Historiae . We only know of  two editions of the fifth part of the Great Voyages ; the second can be identified by the  Hia  abbreviation on the t-p, by the 13 lines on the first page of the preface, instead of 11 and various typographical differences, including a smaller font the notes being in italics and the plates being numbered with Arabic figures instead of Roman numerals. It contains a three-part narrative spanning the years 1541-56, the work provided detailed descriptions of the native landscape, alongside accounts of Spanish exploits, including their methods of conquest and government. The present argumentum reveals the second book s focus on Spanish ventures into the American continent and the maltreatment of the local people, ultimately contributing to the propagation of the Spanish Black Legend. The 21 chapters of text discuss the enslavement of the local population, import of slaves from Africa, encounters with pirates, local customs including the preparation of food, sleeping habits, dances and architecture, and responses to Spanish occupation. This is followed by a series of spirited engravings by De Bry, accompanied by descriptions, each one corresponding to a chapter of the text. More often than not, the Spanish conquistadors are presented committing acts of gross violence against the defenceless natives. The scenes are graphic in their portrayal, placing the harsh criticism of the Spanish into more visual terms.. \u003cbr\u003e\n. \u003cbr\u003e\n..While De Bry never personally left Europe, Benzoni set out for the Americas in 1541, at the age of 22, acquiring a great deal of wealth on his trip, before losing it in a shipwreck and waiting several months in Cuba for a ship back to Spain, arriving in Sanlucar in September 1556. During his travels, he visited the West Indies, Venezuela, Hispaniola, Colombia, Central America and Peru. No trace of him survives beyond his dedication for the 1572 edition of the text..\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BENZONI, Girolamo; BRY, Theodor De.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57868700025167,"sku":"L4013","price":11500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/IMG_3576.jpg?v=1781793447"},{"product_id":"purchas-samuel-1","title":"PURCHAS, Samuel.","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the double-page maps – here remarkably fresh and clean, in very fine impression, with wide outer margins, and without repairs – shines Henry Briggs’ map of North America, produced by R. Elstracke before 1622. ‘The first printed map in English to show California as an island, it is one of the most important of the time. As a composite, place names are recorded reflecting the nationality of the discoverer, in English, French or Spanish’, with a note engraved in the map stating ‘California sometymes supposed to be a part of ye westerne continent, but since by a Spanish Charte taken by ye Hollanders it is found to be a goodly Ilande: the length of the west shoare beeing about 500 leagues’ (D. Rudderman Coll.). There is also a map of Virginia, published in 1606 after John Smith’s expedition, and one of Sir William Alexander’s voyages, illustrating New England, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. The map of China – present in vols III and V – titled in English and Chinese characters, is derived ‘from Luo Hongxian’s general map in his “Guangyu Tu” atlas of 1555’, with the addition of inset pictures (Shirley II, p.1650).\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n\u003cp\u003eA fine set of the first edition of this most famous illustrated collection of travel narratives, together with the fourth ed. of ‘Purchas His Pilgrimage’ printed in 1626. The most complete early encyclopaedia of American travel, summarising all the major expeditions to North and South America up to the 1620s, from Columbus to William Hudson’s voyage on the Half-Moon, Smith’s expeditions to Virginia, and those carried out by the Spaniards and Dutch on the West Coast. It includes dozens of stunning engraved maps of North and South America, the North Pole, China, the Middle East, and Greenland, among others, as well as woodcut facsimile renditions of Arabic documents, Ottoman tughras, Mughal illumination, and illustrated Mesoamerican manuscripts. ‘Purchas obtained the use of the copperplates from Hondius’ “Atlas Minor” (1607) […]. The great majority of the maps are from this source, and are here printed as part of the text. […] Purchas had further maps engraved: these include maps of India, China, Greenland, North America and Nova Scotia.’\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eSamuel Purchas (1577-1626) was a cleric in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Whilst he never travelled further than a few hundred miles from his native town, he edited a collection of unpublished manuscripts left to him by Richard Hakluyt (hence the second title ‘Hakluytus Posthumous’), to which he added reports of sailors returning from their travels. The result was ‘Purchas His Pilgrimes’. ‘This great geographical collection is a continuation and enlargement of Hakluyt’s “The Principal Navigations”. At the death of Hakluyt there was left a large collection of voyages in manuscript which came into the hands of Purchas, who added to them many more voyages and travels […]. Purchas followed the general plan of Hakluyt, but he frequently put the accounts into his own words […]. The main divisions of the work fall into two parts: the first covering the world known to Ptolemy, the second coming down to Purchas’ own day. This fine collection includes the accounts of Cortés and Pizarro, Drake, Cavendish, John and Richard Hawkins, Quiros, Magellan, van Noort, Spilbergen, and Barents, as well as the categories of Portuguese voyages to the East Indies, Jesuit voyages to China and Japan, East India Company voyages, and the expeditions of the Muscovy Company’ (Hill). The four vols examine ancient voyages, customs and languages (e.g., the peregrinations of the Apostles and Patriarchs), the circumnavigation of the globe, explorations in Africa, Arabia, Persia, and India, voyages to Japan, China, the Philippines, and expeditions to the Middle and Far East. The fifth vol., also on world exploration, is considered the ‘fourth and best ed.’ (Sabin) of another travel work published by Purchas in the 1610s, especially important for the accounts of William Hudson’s explorations in North America.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n\u003cp\u003eThe double-page maps of North America are remarkably detailed on the coastal areas, showing the Hudson River, dozens of locations in California, Texas, Mexico, Newfoundland, New Britain, Canada, and the Caribbean. A highlight are the woodcut reproductions of unusual alphabets, e.g., hieroglyphs, ancient magical alphabets, and cabbalistic, as well as Arabic, Glagolitic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Dalmatian, and others. Purchas also included woodcut reproductions – among the earliest instances of facsimile in print – of Middle Eastern and South Asian documents (e.g., a letter in Arabic from Sharefoo Boobackar, King of Moyela; a letter in Bani, the Tughra of the Ottoman Sultan) and Ottoman seals, which he found among the East India papers he had access to thanks to acquaintances among the company’s directors. Astounding are the two dozen woodcuts reproducing Mexican illustrated manuscripts with detailed captions and explanations. ‘The idea of a visual compendium of all known examples of a given class of Mexican antiquities was first attempted by Purchas. […] He commissioned line drawings of manuscripts previously owned by Hakluyt and Thevet. […] After Purchas’ death, these manuscripts became part of the collection of John Selden, who bequeathed them, in turn, to the Bodleian Library’ (Miller, p.5).\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n \u003cp\u003eFrom the Library of the Admiralty Office overlooking Horse Guards, in Whitehall, formerly the administrative headquarter of the Royal Navy. A most appropriate provenance for a book of great voyages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PURCHAS, Samuel.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57868710609231,"sku":"L4539","price":97500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/purchas-1.jpg?v=1781793407"},{"product_id":"ziegler-jacob","title":"ZIEGLER, Jacob.","description":"\u003cp\u003e.Rare first edition of this explanation of various phenomena in nature through the principles of fermentation. This extends beyond simply the fermentation of alcohol, which is included here   with a chapter on the natural proclivity of man for fermenting spiritous liquors   to include the formation of precious stones (in comparison with hen s eggs), meteorological phenomena, and zoological matter. Ferguson writes:  Chapter 22, which contains a discussion on the cause of the conversion of wine into vinegar, deserves notice as illustrating the struggle to find a reason for a phenomenon without any experimental facts or trials to go upon. This work is not referred to anywhere, and I have found nothing about the writer of it  (Ferguson II, pp. 565-566). . \u003cbr\u003e\n..Ziegler is particularly interested in insects and reptiles because of their generation in eggs, which he conceives of as a kind of process of fermentation, just as the generation of vapours through heat leads to certain weather conditions. Ziegler is also interested in the movement of vapours as an explanation for tides, glacial conditions in his native Switzerland, steam, and even earthquakes. However, just as fermentation leads to generation of life and weather, it also breeds corruption, and there are medical chapters here concerning the generation of fevers, the plague (which Ziegler sees as a poison that can be cured with drugs), and pulmonary, circulatory and hepatic conditions. . \u003cbr\u003e\n..The etching to the verso of the title-page depicts a variety of insects   scorpions, spiders, grasshoppers   reptiles, amphibians, and also mammals (a rat and, curiously, a mole). There are maps depicting a geocentric universe, a fine world map and a depiction of the Arctic and Antarctic poles, with ships circumnavigating the globe. The wonderful illustrations of Ziegler s theories also function as emblems and are accompanied by emblematical interpretations in Latin. They include a giant viper about to consume a goat and a ship on fire, having been struck by lightning. . \u003cbr\u003e\n..This book apparently belonged to a contemporary student of natural philosophy from Bad Hersfeld ( Catto-Hersfeldensis ), who signs off  Inservio Audiis Physicis , i.e.  I am devoted to the study of natural philosophy.  .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ZIEGLER, Jacob.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57868714049871,"sku":"L4766","price":4750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/L4766-ziegler-1.jpg?v=1781793381"},{"product_id":"rosaccio-giusppe","title":"ROSACCIO, Giusppe.","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lovely sammelband of rare scientific works by the Italian cosmographer, geographer, physician, astrologer and traveller Giuseppe Rosaccio (c.1530-c.1620). Rare fourth ed. of first work, first pub. 1592; third ed. of second, first pub. 1593; extremely rare third ed. of third, first pub. 1593; and extremely rare second ed. of fourth, first published 1594.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe first work, charmingly illustrated, is a geographical and astronomical texts describing the earthly and heavenly spheres, with lunar tables. The characterful maps depict the major continents with their chief cities, mountain ranges, rivers and lakes, with occasional fanciful depictions of tribal tents, trading vessels, hippocampi and giant sea fish. Australia and New Guinea are depicted as one contiguous land mass with Antarctica, with trees and shrubs, fierce-looking mountains and even what appear to be subterranean fires.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe second work is a cosmographical history of the world, beginning with the creation to the age of the biblical patriarchs and Noah's Flood, 1656 years, and running to the modern day, with dates of the elections of popes, reigns of kings and queens, battles and extraordinary astrological, meteorological and medical phenomena, freakish births, etc. The third contains a brief discourse on the nature of time, preceding tables of astrological ephemerides describing the movements of the moon, sun and planets: the lunar and solar tables cover the years 1594-1612 but the planetary table - showing which planets will govern fertility or sterility in which year - runs to 1705. The final work is a brief philosophical and medical treatise on the perfect nature and proportions of man, which ends with a brief annual regimen of diet, bathing and exercise for preserving good health: no honey in February, sweets and sweet wines in March, don t wash your head in January or October, etc. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally from Pordenone, Rosaccio was an itinerant philosopher who moved around the noble courts of Italy and travelled to Constantinople. He spent time in Venice and then from the 1590s was based permanently in Florence, healing the sick and selling elixirs [and presumably these tracts] from a market stall set up in a square outside the grand ducal palace (Edina Adam, The Personification of Venice in Master Drawings, 55. 3 (2017), p. 313). 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