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
- Online Format
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- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/65059195
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- Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
- Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Lud, Gauthier
- Riviere & Son
- Rodríguez, José María
- Waldseemüller, Martin
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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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