Accession number
PML 1912
Uniform title
Novus orbis regionum.
Published
Basileae : Apud Io. Hervagium, 1537.
Credit line
Pierpont Morgan,
Description
[48], 599 p. ; ill., map ; 32 cm
Notes
Includes index.
Compiled by Johann Huttich; edited by Simon Grynaeus.
Double-page map engraved after illustration by Hans Holbein the Younger.
"Basileae per Io. Hervagium mense Novembri anno M.D.XXXVI"--Colophon.
Compiled by Johann Huttich; edited by Simon Grynaeus.
Double-page map engraved after illustration by Hans Holbein the Younger.
"Basileae per Io. Hervagium mense Novembri anno M.D.XXXVI"--Colophon.
Binding
Contemporary French calf, with the device of Francis II as dauphin (crowned dolphin) in silver, on sides.
Provenance
Francis II, King of France (armorial binding); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased by 1910.
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