An edition of Geographia (1478)

In hoc opere haec continentur Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimis uiris utriusq[ue] linguae doctiss. eme[n]data & cu[m] archetypo graeco ab ipsis collata : schemata cu[m] demonstrationibus suis correcta a Marco Beneuentano Monacho caelestino & Ioanne Cotta Veronensi uiris Mathematicis consultissimi ...

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An edition of Geographia (1478)

In hoc opere haec continentur Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimis uiris utriusq[ue] linguae doctiss. eme[n]data & cu[m] archetypo graeco ab ipsis collata : schemata cu[m] demonstrationibus suis correcta a Marco Beneuentano Monacho caelestino & Ioanne Cotta Veronensi uiris Mathematicis consultissimi ...

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Language
Latin
Pages
142

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Book Details


Published in

Rome

Edition Notes

The first edition of Ptolemy to contain a description of the New World.

The atlas volume contains Johannes Ruysch's map, Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationi, which for nearly 400 years was considered the first map to show the New World.

The Liechtenstein copy.

Decorative border on left side of t.p.

Decorative and historiated initials.

Signatures: A-C8, D-E6, F-N8.

WSU MASC copy lacks atlas.

WSU MASC copy: signature N leaves bound in incorrect order [N], Nii, Niiii, [N5], Niii, [N6], [N7], [N8].

WSU MASC copy is: 002-114706823.

Genre
Early works to 1800.

The Physical Object

Pagination
[142] leaves :
Number of pages
142

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17608060M
OCLC/WorldCat
35765117

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