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100 0 $aPtolemy,$d2nd cent.
240 10 $aGeographia.$lLatin.$f1525
245 10 $aClavdii Ptolemaei Geographicae enarrationis libri octo Bilibaldo Pirckeym hero interprete Annotationes Ioannes de Regio Monte in errores commissos a Iacobo Angelo in translatione sua.
246 30 $aGeographicae enarrationis libri octo
246 3 $aClaudii Ptolemaei Geographicae enarrationis libri octo
260 $aArgentoragi (Strassburg) :$bIohannes Grieningerus, communibus Iohannis Koberger impensis excudebat,$cAnno a Christi Natiuitate 1525. Tertio Kal. Apriles.
300 $a82, [14], [34] leaves :$bill., diagrs., tables, 50 maps (49 double) ;$c40 cm.
500 $aImprint from colophon: recto of leaf [14].
500 $aSignatures: A-Mœ́, Nþ́, O-Pœ́, Qı́, a-eœ́, fþ́.
500 $aErrors in numeration: folio 6, 33, 47 and 71 incorrectly numbered 12, 32, 48 and 72 respectively.
500 $aTitle within ornamental woodcut border.
500 $aMany woodcut borders; descriptive text on verso of most maps.
500 $aFourth Strassburg edition, translated by Pirckheimer. The 50woodcut maps, with the exception of "Quinta Asie Tabula" are from the same blocks as those of 1522 edition.
500 $aMap 47 is single page on verso of map 46.
500 $aMap 50 (inserted following map 26 in BURNS copy), "Orbis typus universalis" by Laurentius Fries, is the first map in a Ptolemy in which the name "America" is used.
500 $aMaps 28, 34, 49 and 50 relate more or less to America, and are described in a note to the preceding edition. The account of the discoveries of Columbus and others is on the back of Map 28.
500 $aThe dedication by Bilibaldus Pirckeymherus, dated at "Norenberge. Kalendis septembris. Anno Salutis nostre. M.D.XXIV.," begins on the verso of t.-p. and ends on the verso of folio 2.
500 $a"Index Ptolemaei ..." (with half-title within illustrated border): [68] p. at end.
510 4 $aSabin$c66482.
590 $aFolio 58 (i.e. signature K4) wanting in BURNS copy.
590 $aLeaf 61 has part of ornamental border and margin excised.
590 $aMap [27] (Ptolemy's map of the world) precedes map number 1 in BURNS copy.
590 $aIn manuscript on front free endpaper: J.C. Shaw. Rome, Nov. 1845.
590 $aEx-library stamp on t.-p.: Boston College High School.
650 0 $aGeography, Ancient.
650 0 $aMathematical geography.
650 0 $aEarly maps.
650 0 $aAtlases$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aGeography, Ancient$xMaps.
600 10 $aColumbus, Christopher.
651 0 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration.
700 1 $aD'Angelo, Jacopo.
700 1 $aRegiomontanus, Joannes,$d1436-1476
700 1 $aPirckheimer, Willibald,$d1470-1530
700 1 $aFries, Lorenz,$dca. 1490-1531.
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940 $a1525
948 $aLTI 08/08/2000