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Opusculum geographicum rarum : totius eius negotii rationem, mira industria et breuitate complectens...

Opusculum geographicum rarum : totius eius negotii rationem, mira industria et breuitate complectens...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKm6R5Bd43

Opusculum geographicum rarum : totius eius negotii rationem, mira industria et breuitate complectens, iam recens ex diversorum libris ac chartis, summa cura ac diligentia collectum & publicatum / per Ioannem Myritium Melitensem ... ...

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Full title

Opusculum geographicum rarum : totius eius negotii rationem, mira industria et breuitate complectens, iam recens ex diversorum libris ac chartis, summa cura ac diligentia collectum & publicatum / per Ioannem Myritium Melitensem ... ...

Publisher

Ingolstadii : Ex officina typographica Wolfgangi Ederi, 1590.

Alternative title

Opvscvlvm geographicvm rarvm.

Date

1590.

Call Numbers

RB/Q484 , MRB/Q910/M (16th Century)

Record Identifier

74VKm6R5Bd43

MMS ID

991020509749702626

Language

Latin

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

[5], 136, [1] p., 1 double leaf of plates : ill., maps, port. ; 29 cm. (fol.)

Publication information

Publisher

Ingolstadii : Ex officina typographica Wolfgangi Ederi, 1590.

Date Published

1590.

More information

Alternative Titles

Full title

Opusculum geographicum rarum : totius eius negotii rationem, mira industria et breuitate complectens, iam recens ex diversorum libris ac chartis, summa cura ac diligentia collectum & publicatum / per Ioannem Myritium Melitensem ... ...

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Diagrams for revolving instruments on p. 6, 7, 9, 27, 38 and 47.

Errata on p. 136.

In two parts: "Prima pars ... De principiis astronomiae et geographie"; "Secunda pars ... De particulari orbis descriptione". Chapter 20 and a part of chapter 21 relate to the new world.

Signatures: A⁴-S⁴.

Mitchell Library copy at MRB/Q910/M (16th Century) was used for Myritius' map 'Universalis orbis descriptio' exhibited in Crux....

Additional physical form availability note

Map: Universalit Orbis Descriptio, online at the State Library of NSW.

Exhibitions

Mitchell Library copy exhibited : "Finding Antarctica" at the State Library of NSW, 2011. NSL

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

RB/Q484 , MRB/Q910/M (16th Century)

Record Identifier

74VKm6R5Bd43

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKm6R5Bd43

Other Identifiers

DDC

523.1

MMS ID

991020509749702626

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