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Title

  • Cosmographia.

Names

  • Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
  • D'Angelo, Jacopo.
  • Nicolaus Germanus, active 15th century.
  • Hol, Lienhart, printer.
  • St. Peter in Salzburg (Abbey), former owner.
  • Erzabtei St. Peter (Salzburg, Austria), former owner.
  • Königliche Bibliothek zu Berlin, former owner.
  • Preussische Staatsbibliothek, former owner.
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Ulm, Lienhart Holle, 16 July (XVII Kal. Aug.) 1482.

Headings

  • -  Geography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germany--Ulm

Genre

  • Incunabula

Notes

  • -  Translated by Jacopo d'Angelo; edited by Nicolaus Germanus.
  • -  The maps, double, except for the last, are on separate sheets, most with descriptive text printed on the versos within woodcut borders; these texts are known in several variants.
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-1084
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, II, p. 538 (IC.9306)
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, (Hain-Copinger) 13539
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, (Copinger) 4976
  • -  Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 66472
  • -  Schramm, VII, p. 3-4, 14, and illus. 1-38
  • -  List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 353
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1977), 88
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy: map text varies from Schramm for maps 9 and 17; 8 has no text; 11 has text; woodcut text on recto of last leaf. Maps, initials, and borders hand-colored. Contemporary blind-stamped leather binding with modern (?) bosses and clasps.
  • -  Vollbehr H13539. Thacher no. 161. G&M Vault G1005

Medium

  • [70] leaves. woodcuts: 32 maps, initials, diagrs. 43.5 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1482 .P8
  • Incun. 1482 .P8 Copy 2 Measures 42.5 cm. BM 15th cent. variant IC.9305. Last leaf inlaid; map 24 misbound after 25. Map text varies from Schramm for maps 2, 5, 7, 10, 12-16, 18-23, 25-27, 30-31; 8 has no text; text on 11 a variant of that in copy 1. Maps, initials, and borders hand-colored; rubricated throughout; marginalia in red. Leaf a2 has red ink stamp: Ex Biblioth. Regia Berolinensi, additional ink stamp: Ad[?]eben Pr. St. Bibliothek Berlin. Binder's ticket on the back pastedown for a Dec. 1975 restoration of the binding by Carolyn Horton & Assoc.
  • Incun. 1482 .P8 Copy 3 Measures 41 cm. BM 15th cent. variant IC.9303. Maps misbound. Map text as in copy 2. Label: Ex bibliotheca ... monasterii ad Sanctum Petrum Salisburgi O.S. Benedicti. Inscription: Ex bibliotheca Venerabilis Conventui Mnrii S. Petri Salisb. 1634.
  • Incun. 1482 .P8 Copy 4 Measures 43.8 cm. BM 15th cent. variant IC.9305. Map text varies from Schramm for maps 2-3, 5, 7, 10, 14-16, 18, 21-23, 25-30; 8 has no text; text on 11 a variant of that in copy 1. Maps, initials, and borders hand-colored. Contemporary blind-stamped leather binding over boards, bosses and clasps wanting; lettered: Ptolomeus de situ orbis.
  • G1005 1482 Copy 1 Measures 42.5 cm. BM 15th cent. variant IC.9305. Map text varies from Schramm for maps 7, 9, 16, 23, 30-31; 8 has no text; text on 11 a variant of that in copy 1; text on 10 and 17 a variant of Schramm and copy 1. Maps, initials, and borders hand-colored; rubricated throughout. Ms. notes.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48042060

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Ptolemy, Active 2Nd Century, Jacopo D'Angelo, Active 15Th Century Nicolaus Germanus, Lienhart Hol, Former Owner St. Peter In Salzburg, Former Owner Erzabtei St. Peter, Former Owner Königliche Bibliothek Zu Berlin, et al. Cosmographia. Ulm, Lienhart Holle, 16 July XVII Kal. Aug, 1482. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48042060/.

APA citation style:

Ptolemy, A. 2. C., D'Angelo, J., Nicolaus Germanus, A. 1. C., Hol, L., St. Peter In Salzburg, F. O., Erzabtei St. Peter, F. O. [...] Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1482) Cosmographia. Ulm, Lienhart Holle, 16 July XVII Kal. Aug. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48042060/.

MLA citation style:

Ptolemy, Active 2Nd Century, et al. Cosmographia. Ulm, Lienhart Holle, 16 July XVII Kal. Aug, 1482. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48042060/>.