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Book/Printed Material Claudii Ptholemei Alexandrini philosophi Cosmographia Cosmographia

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Title

  • Claudii Ptholemei Alexandrini philosophi Cosmographia

Other Title

  • Cosmographia

Names

  • Ptolemy, active 2nd century
  • D'Angelo, Jacopo, translator
  • Gemistus Plethon, George, active 15th century
  • Calderino, Domizio, 1447-1478
  • Pannartz, Arnold, -approximately 1478, printer
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Rome, Arnoldus Buckinck, 10 Oct. (VI Idus Octobris) 1478.

Headings

  • -  Cosmography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Geography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Italy--Rome

Genre

  • Incunabula
  • World atlases
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Translated by Jacopo D'Angelo; edited, with emendations of George Gemistus Plethon, by Domizio Calderino.
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-1083
  • -  Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 13537
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IV, p. 78 (IC.18252)
  • -  Sabin 66470
  • -  Thacher 241
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1977), 225
  • -  List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 5913
  • -  Vollbehr H13537. Thacher no. 241

Medium

  • [124] leaves (leaf [70] blank). woodcut diagrs.; 27 engraved maps. 45 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1478 .P855
  • Incun. 1478 .P855 Copy 2 Leaf [1] (mounted) partly in pen and ink facsimile; blank leaf [70] wanting; made-up copy: maps from another copy. Initials supplied in red and blue.
  • Incun. 1478 .P855 Copy 3 Imperfect: text wanting; maps mounted. Bound in a vellum leaf from a very late 15th Italian liturgical manuscript, with some music, probably from northern Italy.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 65058844

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ptolemy, Active 2Nd Century, George Gemistus Plethon, Domizio Calderino, Arnold Pannartz, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, John Boyd Thacher Collection, and Otto Vollbehr Collection. Claudii Ptholemei Alexandrini philosophi Cosmographia. translateds by D'Angelo, Jacopo Rome, Arnoldus Buckinck, 10 Oct. VI Idus Octobris, 1478. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/65058844/.

APA citation style:

Ptolemy, A. 2. C., Gemistus Plethon, G., Calderino, D., Pannartz, A., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, John Boyd Thacher Collection & Otto Vollbehr Collection. (1478) Claudii Ptholemei Alexandrini philosophi Cosmographia. D'Angelo, J., trans Rome, Arnoldus Buckinck, 10 Oct. VI Idus Octobris. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/65058844/.

MLA citation style:

Ptolemy, Active 2Nd Century, et al. Claudii Ptholemei Alexandrini philosophi Cosmographia. trans by D'Angelo, Jacopo Rome, Arnoldus Buckinck, 10 Oct. VI Idus Octobris, 1478. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/65058844/>.