B28387

Language code

lat, grc

Shelfmark

Fd.1.07

Author

Ptolemy

Uniform title

[Geographia]

Title

Claudij Ptolemæi Alexandrini Geographiae libri octo Graeco-Latini. Latinè primùm recogniti & emendati, cum tabulis geographicis ad mentem auctoris restitutis per Gerardum Mercatorem: iam verò ad Graeca & Latina exemplaria à Petro Montano iterum recogniti, et pluribus locis castigati. Adjecta insuper ab eodem nomina recentia et æquipollentia ex varijs auctoribus veteribus et recentiorib[us] magna cura collecta, in gratiam et usum geographiæ studiosorum.

Varying form of title

Claudii Ptolemæi Alexandrini Geographiae libri octo Graeco-Latini

Varying form of title

Portion of title: Geographiae libri octo

Publication, distribution, etc.

[Amsterodammi] :, Sumptibus Cornelij Nicolai & Iudoci Hondij Amsterodammi,, Anno D. 1605.

Physical description

[42], 215, [64] p. :, ill., maps (27 double, 1 single), port. ;, fol.

Language

Greek text and Latin translation in parallel columns.

Note

Petrus Bertius aided in the preparation of this edition. Cf. "I. Hondius Lectori S." (p. [3], first sequence).

Note

Includes indexes.

Note

Descriptive text on versos of most of the maps, which are printed from the original Mercator plates of 1578, purchased by Hondius after Mercator's death.

Note

Portrait of Mercator engraved by Franz Hogenberg and dated 1574.

Note

Engraved t.p.; title within an architectural border.

Note

Woodcut initials; printed marginalia.

Provenance

Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.

Provenance

Ownership inscription on t.p.: "Sum Rich. King Exoniensis", with inscription in Greek.

Binding

18th century English quarter sheep; boards covered in light blue paper; gold tooled decorative roll on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; six raised bands.

Copy-specific note

Imperfect copy: lacks the 27 double maps.

Copy-specific note

Previous shelfmark: Fk.1.9.

Subject

Ptolemy

Subject

Atlases, Early works to 1800.

Subject

Geography, Ancient.

Added entry--name

Hogenberg, Franz, engraver.

Added entry--name

Hondius, Jodocus, printer.

Added entry--name

Claesz, Cornelis, printer.

Added entry--name

Montanus, Petrus

Added entry--name

Mercator, Gerhard

Added entry--name

Bertius, Petrus

Added entry--name

Pirckheimer, Willibald, translator.

Added entry--name

Reynolds, John, former owner.

Added entry--place

Netherlands, Amsterdam.

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500##$aPetrus Bertius aided in the preparation of this edition. Cf. "I. Hondius Lectori S." (p. [3], first sequence).

500##$aIncludes indexes.

500##$aDescriptive text on versos of most of the maps, which are printed from the original Mercator plates of 1578, purchased by Hondius after Mercator's death.

500##$aPortrait of Mercator engraved by Franz Hogenberg and dated 1574.

500##$aEngraved t.p.; title within an architectural border.

500##$aWoodcut initials; printed marginalia.

546##$aGreek text and Latin translation in parallel columns.

561##$aBooklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.

561##$aOwnership inscription on t.p.: "Sum Rich. King Exoniensis", with inscription in Greek.

563##$a18th century English quarter sheep; boards covered in light blue paper; gold tooled decorative roll on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; six raised bands.

590##$aImperfect copy: lacks the 27 double maps.

590##$aPrevious shelfmark: Fk.1.9.

6000#$aPtolemy

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650#0$aGeography, Ancient.

7001#$aHogenberg, Franz$eengraver.

7001#$aHondius, Jodocus$eprinter.

7001#$aClaesz, Cornelis$eprinter.

7001#$aMontanus, Petrus

7001#$aMercator, Gerhard

7001#$aBertius, Petrus

7001#$aPirckheimer, Willibald$etranslator.

7001#$aReynolds, John$eformer owner.

752##$aNetherlands$dAmsterdam.