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Adams 2226
Grässe, V, p. 501
NUC pre-1956 NP 0630439
Sabin 66485
Thacher, II, p. 37 (Americana)
Willibald Pirckheimer's Latin version of Ptolemy's Geographia.
"This is the second edition of Ptolemy edited by Villanovanus (Servetus) ... The 50 woodcut maps were printed from the same blocks as those in the editions of 1525 and 1535 ... Maps 28, 34, 49 and 50 relate partly or wholly to America, with the account of the discoveries of Columbus on the back of map 28"--Sabin.
Colophons: (leaf n4) Gaspar Trechsel excudebat Viennae. M.D.XLI.; (last leaf) Excudebat Gaspar Trechsel Viennae M.D.XLI.
Signatures: a-m⁶ n⁴ ²a-²h⁶.
Text printed in double columns; maps are numbered; 49 of the 50 maps are on double leaves, many have text printed on the recto of the initial leaf and some also have text printed on the verso of the last leaf.
Includes index.
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