Rare "combination of Gastaldi and Macrobius" (-Shirley) by a great Renaissance "Man of Letters"

Lodovico Dolce, 1553 :
Le Trasformationi de M. Lodovico Dolce... In Venetia, Ap-Presso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari e Fratel, 1553. 4to. Calf-covered baords, partially loose. Internally very fine condition throughout. Woodcut world map, plus 94  woodcut illustrations within text, plus large woodcut with Registro. Shirley 95. $5500.

Remembered as a prolific translator of, and commentator on, Classical texts, Dolce was also an author in his own right. This rare map appears here in the first edition.