Claudii Ptolemæi Alexandrini geographicæ enarrationis libri octo : ex Bilibaldi Pirckeymheri tralati...
Claudii Ptolemæi Alexandrini geographicæ enarrationis libri octo : ex Bilibaldi Pirckeymheri tralatione, sed ad Graeca & prisca exemplaria à Michaële Villanouano iam primum recogniti. Adiecta insuper ab eodem scholia, quibus exoleta urbium nomina ad nostri seculi morẽ exponuntur ; Quinquaginta illæ quoque cum ueterum tum recentium tabulæ adnectuntur, uarÿq incolentium ritus & mores explicantur.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Lugduni, [France] : Ex officina Melchioris et Gasparis Trechsel fratrum, 1535.
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Call Numbers
F53/1
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Language
Latin
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
(Language of original)Formats
Physical Description
Cartographic data
Scales differ.
Physical content
1 atlas (50 maps), 149, [272] pages : illustrations, maps ; 39 cm. (fol.)
Contents
List of maps in unpaged rear section. Some titles taken from pages of preceding explanatory text before each map. Map 1 Tabula I Europae (Hybernia Insula, Albion Insula Brittannica) -- Map 2 Tabula II Europae (Hispania Bætica, Hispania Lusitania, Hispania Tarraconensis) -- Map 3 Tabula III Europae (...
Publication information
Publisher
Lugduni, [France] : Ex officina Melchioris et Gasparis Trechsel fratrum, 1535.
Date Published
1535.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Pirckheimer's Latin translation of Ptolemy's Geographia. The first 149 pages of text are heavily illustrated around the borders of the pages with the text mainly in double columns with historiated initials. The pagination of these pages is displayed in large numbers in the top left and right hand corners. These are followed by 50 maps, some of whic...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Claudii Ptolemæi Alexandrini geographicæ enarrationis libri octo : ex Bilibaldi Pirckeymheri tralatione, sed ad Graeca & prisca exemplaria à Michaële Villanouano iam primum recogniti. Adiecta insuper ab eodem scholia, quibus exoleta urbium nomina ad nostri seculi morẽ exponuntur ; Quinquaginta illæ quoque cum ueterum tum recentium tabulæ adnectu...
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Notes
General note
Gaspar Trechsel printer's mark appears on title page and beginning of index section.
Signatures: a-m⁶ n⁴ A-E⁶ F⁸.
Includes index at rear after maps.
Errata list at rear after index.
Some maps show relief pictorially and or with hachures.
Dixson Library copy at F53/1: Contains four pages of modern maps tipped in throughout the original maps. Between Map 10 and 11, on recto: Balkan Peninsula. Verso: Spain and Portugal. Between map 19 and 20, on recto: Persia, Afghanistan & Baluchistan. On verso: Asia. Between map 25 and 26, on recto: Farther India. On verso: China and Japan. Between...
Citation / References Note
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 364.
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW: Map 50 -- Tabu Totius Orbis (Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem Exactissime Depicta).
Language note
Text in Latin.
Exhibitions
Exhibited in: Crux - rare maps from the State Library of NSW (Exhibition). NSL
Exhibited in: "Maps of the Pacific", State Library of New South Wales, August 2021 to 24 April 2022. NSL
Time Period
d1522 d1535
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
F53/1
Record Identifier
74VvGQgZ3MQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvGQgZ3MQX
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MMS ID
991012703449702626
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