Accession number
PML 22100
Creator
Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
Published
Argentin[a]e [i.e., Strassburg] : Johann Schott, 1513.
Credit line
Purchased in 1923.
Notes
Collation: A², introduction; text and table, B-L⁶, M⁴, N⁶; 27 maps on double sheets, except the last; table to supplement ("modern maps"), 1 leaf; 20 maps on double sheets, except the last; description a⁶, b⁴, c⁶ (the last leaf a blank, lacking); spaces for capitals not filled; woodcut maps, the last a map of Lorraine, printed in 3 colors.
The second of the modern maps, "Tabula terre nove" gives an outline and names of the northern coast of South America, the south-eastern coast of North America and islands, Cuba, etc.
The second of the modern maps, "Tabula terre nove" gives an outline and names of the northern coast of South America, the south-eastern coast of North America and islands, Cuba, etc.
Description
1 v. (2 col., 66 lines) : maps
Provenance
Inscription on inside cover denotes that the volume belonged to the Benedictine Abbey of Tegernsee in 1513. Bookplates of M. Beaupré of Nancy and J.W. Ellsworth.
Binding
Stamped pigskin over boards with clasps.
Classification
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