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Geographia uniuersalis, uetus et noua, complectens Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII

Alternative Title:

Geographia vniversalis, vetvs et nova, complectens Clavdii Ptolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII, Geographia universalis, vetus et nova, complectens Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII, and Geographia. Latin

Description:

quorum primus noua translatione Pirckheimeri & accessione commentarioli illustrior quàm hactenus fuerit, redditus est ; reliqui cum Graeco & alijs uetustis exemplaribus collati, in infinitis ferè locis castigatiores facti sunt ; addita sunt insuper scholia, quibus exoleta urbium, montium, fluuiorumq[ue] nomina ad nostri seculi morem expon

"Third edition of Münster's Ptolemy, Pirckheimer's translation ... Each map contains descriptive text on the reverse, generally printed within ornamental woodcut borders, designed in the Holbein style ..."--Phillips, P.L.A list of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, p. 124.

Colophon: Basilae per Henrichum Petrum mense Augusto, an. M.D. XLV.

Includes 54 numbered maps on double leaves, with descriptive text on reverse of each map; paging begins with liber II; last leaf of liber I is a blank.

Pirckheimer's Latin translation from the Greek of Ptolemy's Geographia.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zp315nv8009

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/zp315nv8009 and 57069282

Language:

lat and grc

Creator:

Ptolemy, active 2nd century, Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552, and Pirckheimer, Willibald, 1470-1530

Publisher:

Per Henrichum Petrum

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Other and Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Geography

Date Issued:

1545

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false