Book/Printed Material Cosmographiae introductio


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Title
Cosmographiae introductio : cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis : insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes : vniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido q[uam] plano, eis etiam insertis quae Ptholom[a]eo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt.
Contributor Names
Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519.
Lud, Gauthier, 1448-1527, printer.
Rodríguez, José María, 1870-1946, former owner.
Riviere & Son, binder.
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
Vrbs Deodate [St. Dié] : [Walter et Nikolaus Lud], Finitu[m] iiij. k[a]l[endas] Septe[m]bris anno supra sesquimillesimu[m] vij. [29 Aug. 1507]
Subject Headings
-  America--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800
-  America--Early accounts to 1600
-  America--Name
-  Geography--Early works to 1800
-  Early maps
-  Vespucci, Amerigo,--1451-1512
-  France--Saint-Dié
Notes
-  Designed to accompany Waldseemüller's globe and wall map of the world, on which the New World is called America.
-  "America" is suggested as name for the New World on sig. C1 recto and C3 verso.
-  Originally published earlier in the same year.
-  Signatures: A-B⁶ C-D⁴ ²A⁸ b-c⁴ d⁸ e-f⁴.
-  Sabin 101019
-  Thacher, II, p. 53 (Americana)
-  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1977), 934
-  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
-  Kislak accession no.: 1985.003.00.0003.
Medium
[104] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. (woodcuts) ; 21 cm. (4to)
Call Number/Physical Location
E125.V6 W15 1507a
Thacher A893b
E125.V6 W15 1507a Copy 2 Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Riviere & Son binding. With the bookplate of José M. Rodriguez.
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.0934
Library of Congress Control Number
65059195
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Waldseemüller, Martin, Gauthier Lud, José María Rodríguez, Binder Riviere & Son, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, John Boyd Thacher Collection, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Cosmographiae introductio: cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis: insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes: vniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam insertis quae Ptholomaeo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt. [Vrbs Deodate St. Dié: Walter et Nikolaus Lud, Finitum iiij. kalendas Septembris anno supra sesquimillesimum vij. 29 Aug, 1507] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/65059195/.

APA citation style:

Waldseemüller, M., Lud, G., Rodríguez, J. M., Riviere & Son, B., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, John Boyd Thacher Collection & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1507) Cosmographiae introductio: cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis: insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes: vniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam insertis quae Ptholomaeo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt. [Vrbs Deodate St. Dié: Walter et Nikolaus Lud, Finitum iiij. kalendas Septembris anno supra sesquimillesimum vij. 29 Aug] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/65059195/.

MLA citation style:

Waldseemüller, Martin, et al. Cosmographiae introductio: cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis: insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes: vniuersalis cosmographiae descriptio tam in solido quam plano, eis etiam insertis quae Ptholomaeo ignota a nuperis reperta sunt. [Vrbs Deodate St. Dié: Walter et Nikolaus Lud, Finitum iiij. kalendas Septembris anno supra sesquimillesimum vij. 29 Aug, 1507] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/65059195/>.

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