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Book/Printed Material Geographia uniuersalis, uetus et noua, complectens Claudii Ptoloemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII Geographia vniversalis, vetvs et nova, complectens Clavdii Ptolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII / Catalogus annorum et principum geminus

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Title

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

Other Title

  • Geographia vniversalis, vetvs et nova, complectens Clavdii Ptolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII
  • Catalogus annorum et principum geminus

Names

  • Ptolemy, active 2nd century
  • Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
  • Pirckheimer, Willibald, 1470-1530
  • Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579, printer
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Basileae : Apud Henricum Petrum, mense Martio anno 1540.

Headings

  • -  Geography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Switzerland--Basel

Notes

  • -  Pirckheimer's Latin translation from the Greek of Ptolemy's Geographia.
  • -  "A new and important edition, revised and edited by the geographer Sebastian Münster, who designed the maps anew, and added an appendix."--Sabin.
  • -  Signatures: 2a⁴ *⁶ a-c⁶, A-N⁶, 2A-2B⁶, 2C⁸.
  • -  Includes 48 numbered maps on double leaves, with explanatory text on the recto of the first leaf.
  • -  Adams 2224
  • -  Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 66484
  • -  Thacher, II, p. 41 (Americana)
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 903
  • -  Includes indexes.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy imperfect, lacking 2a4 (errata) and 2c8 (blank leaf).
  • -  With: Ptolemy, 2nd cent. Claudii Ptolemaei Pelusiensis Alexandrini Omnia quae extant opera, Geographia excepta. Basilae : Apud H. Petrum, 1541. Bound together subsequent to publication.
  • -  G1005 1540 Copy 1 formerly shelved under: QB41.P9.
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-06-18 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-08-08 update (1 card)
  • -  Check general shelflist, check all copies. Holdings record indicates Copy 1 in GenColl. Check Thacher copies. Have they been reclassed? LAC ddw 2022-08-08

Medium

  • [56], 195, [1] p., [96] leaves of plates : ill., maps (woodcuts) 33 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G1005 1540
  • G1005 1540 Copy 2 Imperfect; lacks final leaf (p. 195 and verso with printer's mark). With: Münster, Sebastian. Organum uranicum. Basilae : Apud Henricum Petrum, 1536. Bound together subsequent to publication.
  • G1005 1540 Copy 3 Imperfect; lacks section of maps.
  • G87 .P8514 Copy 1 Rosenwald collection. With: Ryd, Valerius Anselmus. Catalogus annorum et principium geminus ab homine condito. Ex Berna : Matthiam Apiarium, 1540. Bound together subsequent to publication.
  • Thacher A824 Copy 1 With: Ptolemy. Claudii Ptolemaei Pelusiensis Alexandrini omnia, quae extant, opera, Geographia excepta, quam seorsim quoq[ue] hac forma impressimus. Basileae : pud Henricum Petrum, mense Martio, anno 1541. Bound together subsequent to publication.
  • Thacher A835 Copy 1 Imperfect, lacks dedicatory letter and errata leaf (p. [3]-[8] 1st sequence)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48038847

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Chicago citation style:

Ptolemy, Active 2Nd Century, Sebastian Münster, Willibald Pirckheimer, Heinrich Petri, John Boyd Thacher Collection, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Geographia uniuersalis, uetus et noua, complectens Claudii Ptoloemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII. Basileae: Apud Henricum Petrum, mense Martio anno, 1540. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/10005198/.

APA citation style:

Ptolemy, A. 2. C., Münster, S., Pirckheimer, W., Petri, H., John Boyd Thacher Collection & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1540) Geographia uniuersalis, uetus et noua, complectens Claudii Ptoloemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII. Basileae: Apud Henricum Petrum, mense Martio anno. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/10005198/.

MLA citation style:

Ptolemy, Active 2Nd Century, et al. Geographia uniuersalis, uetus et noua, complectens Claudii Ptoloemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII. Basileae: Apud Henricum Petrum, mense Martio anno, 1540. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/10005198/>.