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Title
Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra.
Other Title
Atlas
Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra
Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura
Contributor Names
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.
Mercator, Rumold, approximately 1545-1599.
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
[Dvisbvrgi Clivorvm [1595]
Subject Headings
-  Geography--Early works to 1800
-  Germany--Duisburg
-  Germany--Düsseldorf
Genre
World atlases
Early maps
Notes
-  The first part, originally published in 1585, is composed of three fascicles, each with a special t. p.: Galliæ tabulę geographicæ ; Belgii Inferioris geographicæ tabulę ; Germaniae tabulę geographicæ. The second part, originally published in 1589, has special t. p.: Italiae, Sclavoniæ, et Graeciæ tabulę geographicę.
-  The third part, under whose title the work is published, precedes the first and second parts. Left unfinished by the author, it was completed, and the whole work edited and published by his son, Rumold Mercator, in 1595.
-  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 730
-  Phillips 5918
-  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
-  LC copy bound in contemporary brown calf binding stamped in blind, with one border and some vignettes in gilt. The letters T. D. N. G. M. S. appear in gilt on front cover, and the date in gilt, on the back of the book.
-  LC copy from the library of F.E. Lauber, with his bookplate.
-  LAC knj 2019-07-02 update (2 cards)
Medium
3 pts. in 1 v. port., 107 col. maps (part fold.) 45 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G1007 .A7 1595
Library of Congress Control Number
map55000728
OCLC Number
17315657
Online Format
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LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/map55000728
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Mercator, Gerhard, Rumold Mercator, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra. [Dvisbvrgi Clivorvm, 1595] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/map55000728/.

APA citation style:

Mercator, G., Mercator, R. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1595) Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra. [Dvisbvrgi Clivorvm] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/map55000728/.

MLA citation style:

Mercator, Gerhard, Rumold Mercator, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra. [Dvisbvrgi Clivorvm, 1595] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/map55000728/>.

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