RAMUSIO, John the Baptist (1485-1557). Navigations and travels. First volume...of Africa, et of the country of the Priest Ianni ... et infin to the Molucche Islands. Venice: Giunti, 1554. Study copy containing the only text of the second edition of the first volume of Ramusio's famous travel collection, the first major systematic compilation of European travel and exploration literature. The book, dedicated to Africa and South Asia, brings together several testimonies of the explorations of the period including the trips of Vasco da Gama, Ludovico de Varthema, Duarte Barbosa, with extensive news about the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf. In this example, the three maps are unfortunately missing. Folio (300 x 200mm) only volume first (of 3) Illustrations in the text, typographical brand to the colophon () There is no frontispiece and the three maps on double page; blooms, slight gore of water, ancient restorations to some maps and the last. Coeval bonding in full rigid parchment, with defects and some faults on the back. Origin: to the looks of the ancient handwritten notes "Di me Lazzarini" and "Gift to me Carlo Menicacci Laurenti of Foligno the year 1760." [IN LOTTO CON:] GEMELLI CARERI, Giovanni Francesco (1648-1724). Round the world. Part three containing the most remarkable things seen in Indostan. Naples: Giuseppe Roselli, 1708. 8vo, Only part 3 (of 6) 16 boards out of text (light browning). Tie in the scroll. Third part of the famous account of the journey around the world of Gemini Careri, dedicated to Indostan and the observations made by the author during his crossing of India. (2)