First printed in Jena, 1676 under title: Nucleus geographiae antiquae et novae.

An enlarged version was printed in Zeitz and Jena, 1687 under title: Geographia antiqua & nova.

Added, engraved title page reads: Christophori CellarI Nvclevs geographiae antiqvae et novae. Jenae Apud Iohannem Bielckium 1692.

Part 1, "Christophori Cellarii Smalcaldiensis Geographia nova, siue Hodiernam terrarum orbis faciem clarissime illustrans, ad nostrorum temporum historias accommodata", has separate dated title page with imprint: Jenae: Sumptu Io. Bielkii, Bibliopol. Literis Wertherianis, M DC XCII.

Part 2, "Christophori Cellarii Smalcaldiensis Geographia antiqua ad veterum historiarum, siue a principio rerum ad Constantini Magni tempora deductarum, faciliorem explicationem adparata, & denuo auctius edita. Praemissa est in omnium temporum geographiam brevis introductio", has separate dated title page with imprint: Jenae: Sumtu Io. Bielkii Bibliop. Ien. typis Io. Dav. Wertheri, M DC XCI.

Includes a brief discussion of America in the introduction and a chapter on America (p. 405-412, which mentions the West Indies, New England, New France, New Spain, South America, and the Azores) and Terra incognita (p. 412-414, which includes Greenland, Spitzbergen, and Nova zembla, as well as Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia and the islands in the Pacific) in part one.

Pagination: preliminary matter: [24] p.; pt. 1: 414, [66] p.; pt. 2: [6], 264, [64] p.

Signatures: preliminary matter: pi1 (pi1 recto blank) ):(¹² (-):(12) ; pt. 1: A-V¹² (A1, V11 versos, V12 blank); pt. 2: )(⁴ (-)(4) A-N¹² O⁸

Errata: pt. 1, p. [63], 3rd count; pt. 2, p. [5-6], 1st count.

Includes indexes following the text of each part.

Title page printed in red and black; woodcut initials.

JCB Lib. cat., 1675-1700, p. 235.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 692/39.