Portolano.
Published: 1499
Language: ita
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division.; Pilot guides -- Mediterranean Sea -- Early works to 1800.; Pilot guides -- Atlantic Coast (Europe) -- Early works to 1800.; Navigation -- Europe -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, Italian -- Washington (D.C.); Venice (Italy) -- History.
Notes: Ms.
Title from spine of modern binding.
Caption on p. [1] reads: Al nome sia de dio e dela [ver]gene maria 1499 ad primo auosto / chomposto p[er] me nic[ol]o Stolfo.
Written in the Venetian dialect in a mercantile cursive hand. Although the author indicates in his caption that he composed the work in 1499, his concluding text on p. [175] relates to Aug. 9, 1500.
Brown and red ink on paper; 2 columns.
Signatures: [1-8⁸·¹² 9⁸]. [4]1 or [4]12 may be a cancel, neither leaf having the watermark elsewhere found in each conjugate pair. [9]7 and [9]8 are misbound in reverse order.
The main section is the portolano proper, a pilot guide to places in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic (p. [1-117]). The several additional sections include mileage tables, astronomical and astrological instructions, a calendar of feast days, and a chronicle of Venetian history.
Acquired from H.P. Kraus in 1986.