Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini mathematicor principis, opus Geographiae : noviter castigatum & emaculatum additionibus raris et invisis necnon cum tabularum

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Map 1. Sphera in Plano -- Map 2. Tabula I Euro [Tabula I Europae] -- Map 3. Tabula II Europae -- Map 4. Tabula III Euro [Tabula III Europae] -- Map 5. Tabula IIII Europ [Tabula IIII Europae] -- Map 6. Tabula V Europ T Pre [Tabula V Europae] -- Map 7. Tabula VI Europ T Pre [Tabula VI Europae] -- Map 8. Tabula VII Europ T Pre [Tabula VII Europae] -- Map 9. Tabula VIII Europ T Pre -- Map 10. Tabula IX Euro [Tabula IX Europae] -- Map 11. Tabula X Euro [Tabula X Europae] -- Map 12. Tabula I Affri T Pre [Tabula I Aphricae] -- Map 13. Tabula II Affri [Tabula II Aphricae] -- Map 14. Tabula III Affri [Tabu III Aphricae] -- Map 15. Tabula IIII Affri [Tabu IIII Aphricae] -- Map 16. Tabula I Asiae -- Map 17. Tabula II Asiae -- Map 18. Tabula III Asiae -- Map 19. Tabula IIII Asiae -- Map 20. Quinta Asie Tabula [Tabula V Asiae] -- Map 21. Tabula VI Asiae -- Map 22. Tabula VII Asiae -- Map 23. Tabu VIII Asiae [Tabula VIII Asiae] -- Map 24. Tabu IX Asiae [Tabula IX Asiae] -- Map 25. Tabula X Asiae T Pre -- Map 26. Tabula XI Asiae -- Map 27. Tabula XII Asiae -- Map 28. Generale Ptho -- Map 29. Tabu totius orbis -- Map 30. E Tabula Terre Novae F D W -- Map 31. Tabu Hiberniae Sco [Tabula Nova Hiberniae Angliae et Scotiae] -- Map 32. Tabu Moder Hispa -- Map 33. Tabu Moder Galie -- Map 34. Tabu Moder Germ [Tab Mo Germa] -- Map 35. Tabu Mode Vvala [Tabu Moderna Hungariae, Poloniae, Russiae, Pvussiae, et Valachiae] -- Map 36. Tab Nova Nor Goti [Tab Nova Nor Begiae et Gottiae] -- Map 37. Tabu Nova Itali [Tabu No Italiae] -- Map 38. Tabu Mo Italiae [Tab Mo Italiae Corsice et Sardinie] -- Map 39. Tabula Mo Bossin T Pre [Tabula Moder Bossinae, Serviae, Gretiae et Sclavoniae, et Primo de Gretia] -- Map 40. Tabula Moderna Portionis Aphrice [Tabu Mo I Partis] -- Map 41. II Tabu La Moderna Aphrice [Ta Mo II Partis Aphri] -- Map 42. Tabu Minor Asiae [Tabula Moderna Asiae Minoris] -- Map 43. Tabu Mo Yer Sanctae [Ta Ter Sancte] -- Map 44. Indiae Tabula Moderna [Tab Moderna Indiae] -- Map 45. Tabu Mo In Orig [Tabula Moderna Indiae Orientalis] -- Map 46. S Tabula [Ta Superioris Indiae et Tartariae Maioris] -- Map 47. Tabu Heremi Helvetiorum -- Map 48. Tabu Provi Rhen [Tabu Nova Provintiae Rheni] -- Map 49. Tabu Nova Can [Ta Neoterica Cretefiue Candie] -- Map 50. Tabu Gran Russie [Tabu Mo Gron Landie et Rusie].

Description

Alternative title Ptolemee -- Geographia -- 1522
Type of resource cartographic
Form electronic; computer; online resource
Extent 1 atlas ([4] pages, [95] leaves, [4] pages, [2] leaves of plates, [49] double leaves of plates) : illustrations, 50 maps, including 49 double (woodcuts) : 40 cm (fol.)
Place France
Place Strasbourg
Publisher Lorenz Fries
Publication date 1522; 1522
Issuance monographic
Language Latin
Map data Scales differ ; W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°).

Creators/Contributors

Associated with Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Cartographer Fries, Lorenz, 1491-1550
Printer Grüninger, Johann, -1532?

Subjects

Subject World maps > Early works to 1800
Subject Europe > Pictorial works > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject Africa > Pictorial works > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject Asia > Pictorial works > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject America > Discovery and exploration > Maps > Early works to 1800
Genre Atlas
Genre Cartographic image-cri

Bibliographic information

Note Woodcuts based on those by Martin Waldseemüller, 1470-1519.
Note Relief shown pictorially.
Note Vellum binding.
Note First 4 and last 4 pages blank (included in page description).
Note Some pages have a fol. number in decorative banner at top.
Note Engraved title page, printed in black and red.
Note Diagrams and tables with explanatory text on leaves of plates s-siiii, [1]-[4].
Note Descriptive text on versos of maps.
Note Abridged map titles in ornamental banners above maps; full titles on versos (differences indicated in square brackets following recto map titles below).
Note Map 1 shows zodiac, many show ports (e.g. Map 40); Maps 28 and 29 show world; Map 29 has rhumb lines; Map 46 shows climate. oddly shaped maps, including trapezoids (e.g. Map 46).
Note Some oddly shaped maps, including trapezoids (e.g. Map 46).
Local note This copy has pencil inscriptions on inside cover: 48, K12196; and long note.
Local note Marginalia throughout.
Local note Leaf 86 misprinted as 89, pencil correction above; leaf 100 misplaced between 97 and 98.
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Location electronic resource

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