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8 parts in 1 vol. 4to (205 x 150 mm) of : [12] ff. (engraved title, privilege, preamble, table and 1 blank f.) ; CXXXVII (pagination errors between ff. XXX and XXXII, XLVIII and LVII, LXIX and LXXIII, CXXXIIII and CXXXVI) ; 8 engraved titles (corresponding to the 8 parts) ; numerous engraved initials, 1 full-page engraved map ; numerous diagrams and tables in the text, all included in the pagination. (body of the book particularly fresh). Contemp. vellum. Rare first Italian edition of this famous navigation treatise, first scientific work devoted to the subject. The historian and hydrograph, Peter of Medina was born in 1493, probably in Seville, and probably died in 1567. Humanist and scholar, he published five books, including at least three in Andalusia: Libro de grandezas y cosas memorable de España, Libro of Verdad (Seville, 1549), Arte de navegar (Valladolid, 1545), Cronica breve de España (Seville, 1548), Tabula hispaniae geographica (Seville, 1560), Cronica de los Medina…

Arte de navegar is another significant work by Pedro de Medina, which further explores the science and techniques of navigation in the 16th century.