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Rare Books and Manuscripts 53

Creator

Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560 9
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598 5
Ptolemy, active 2nd century 4
Lily, George, active 1528–1559 3
Schöner, Johann, 1477–1547 2
Vegetius Renatus, Flavius 2
Aelianus, Tacticus, active 2nd century 1
Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, active 1549–1584 1
Bochius, Joannes, 1555–1609 1
Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541–1622 1
Caius, John, 1510–1573 1
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484–1566 1
Catholic Church. Pope (1513–1521 : Leo X) 1
Coornhert, D. V. (Dirk Volkertszoon), 1522–1590 1
Foresti, Jacobo Filippo, da Bergamo, 1434–1520 1
Geminus, Thomas, -1562 1
Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539–1590 1
Leslie, John, 1527–1596 1
López, Juan, 1440–1496 1
Macer, Floridus 1
Maximilian, of Transylvania, active 1522 1
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594 1
Molitor, Ulrich, active 1470–1501 1
Münster, Sebastian, 1489–1552 1
Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C. 1
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?- 1
Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1474–1559 1
Varthema, Lodovico de, active 15th century 1
Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 1535–1606 1
Ziegler, Jacob, 1480–1549 1

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Accessible in the Study Room 53

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 53

Image Available

unavailable 52
available 1

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Books 37
Maps & Atlas (printed) 15
Prints 1

Collective Title

Period

16th century 53

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

woodcut 23
engraving 14
map 8
atlase 7
world atlase 6
early work 2
fragments (object portions) 2
incunabula 2
printed waste 2
annotations (provenance) 1
armorial bindings (binding) 1
armorial bookplates (provenance) 1
booksellers' labels (provenance) 1
broadside 1
chiaroscuro woodcut 1
chronicle 1
festival book 1
hand coloring 1
indulgence 1
manuscript waste (binding) 1
nautical chart 1
volvelle 1

Genre

Subject Terms

Geography -- Early works to 1800. 8
Latin language -- Grammar. 6
Tollemache, Lionel, 1591–1640 -- Autograph. 6
Tollemache, Lionel, 1708–1770 -- Ownership. 6
Geography, Ancient. 5
British Isles -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 3
Great Britain -- Maps -- Early works to 1800. 3
Geography, Ancient -- Maps. 2
Incunabula in Yale Library. 2
Latin language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800. 2
Middle East -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. 2
Military art and science -- Early works to 1800. 2
Military art and science. 2
Military engineering -- Early works to 1800. 2
Siege warfare -- Early works to 1800. 2
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 2
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800. 1
America -- Discovery and exploration. 1
America -- Early accounts to 1600. 1
America -- Geography -- Maps. 1
America -- Geography. 1
America. 1
Anglesey (Wales) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. 1
Architecture -- Designs and plans -- Early works to 1800. 1
Architecture -- Early works to 1800. 1
Architecture, Domestic -- Early works to 1800. 1
Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900. 1
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800. 1
Atlases -- Early works to 1800. 1
Belgium -- History -- 1555–1648 -- Early works to 1800. 1

Subject Period

16th century 3
17th century 2
16th century, 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 4
America 3
British Isles 3
Middle East 2
Anglesey (Wales) 1
Belgium 1
Cambridge (England) 1
England Hampshire 1
Europe 1
Greenland 1
Hampshire (England) 1
Holy Roman Empire 1
India 1
Indonesia 1
Islands of the Pacific 1
London (England) 1
Maluku (Indonedia) 1
Maluku (Indonesia) 1
Pacific Ocean 1
Palestine 1
Rome 1
Scandinavia 1
Scotland 1
Spain America 1
Stockholm (Sweden) 1

Associated People

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500–1558 1
Ernst, Archduke of Austria, 1553–1595 1
Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521 1
Vegetius Renatus, Flavius 1

Exhibition History

Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 4
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 2
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989) 2

Credit Line

22711752960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 6
22606613200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22623000310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22631657110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22660289620008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22662709460008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22662711940008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22686295940008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22686295960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22686855570008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22686872070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22695359740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22699224810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22699888880008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22709621910008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22711752540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22713863580008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22756444520008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22762749600008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22805233560008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22810321200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22810360400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22822947470008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22822958370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22842275910008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22842384750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972 1
22846897070008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22846904620008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22850179990008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22860141480008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

Latin 53

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Period: 16th century
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Lily, George, active 1528–1559

Britanniae insulae quae nunc Angliae et Scotiae regna continet cum Hibernia... [Read more]

MDXLVI [1546]
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Ptolemy, active 2nd century

Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini Liber geographiae cum tabulis et universali... [Read more]

Anno Domini. M.D.XI. die. xx. mensis Martii. [March 22, 1511]
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Fl. Vegetii Renati viri illustris De re militari libri quatuor

Anno M.D.XXXII. [1532] decimo Kalendas Septembres
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Itinerarium prouinciarum omniu[m] Antonini Augusti

[1512]
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Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 1535–1606

Speculum nauticum super nauigatione maris occidentalis confectum

MDXCI [1591]
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Ptolemy, active 2nd century

Claudii Ptolemaei Geographicae enarrationis libri octo

Anno a Christi natiuitate MDXXV, tertio Kal[ends] Apriles [30 March 1525]
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Intrationu[m] excellentissimus liber

anno n[ost]re redemptionis, MCCCCCx, die vero vltima mensis Februarii [1510 February 28]
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Coornhert, D. V. (Dirk Volkertszoon), 1522–1590

Divi Caroli V. imp. opt. max. victoriae, ex multis praecipuae ...

1556
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Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484–1566

Narratio regionum Indicarum per Hispanos quosdam deuastatarum... [Read more]

Anno M.D.XCVIII [1598]
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Syntaxis

anno .xx. supra sesquimillesimu[m] Ibib[us] [sic] Marcij [15 March 1520, i.e. 1521]
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Vegetius Renatus, Flavius

FlauI VegetI Ren. v. inl. De re militari libri quatuor

M.D.LXXXV [1585]
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Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1474–1559

De arte supputandi libri quattuor Cutheberti Tonstalli

Anno Verbi incarnati, MDXXII, pridie idus Octobris [1522 October 14]
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Vegetius Renatus, Flavius

Vegecivs De re miltari

[1511 or 1512?]
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Schöner, Johann, 1477–1547

Luculentissima quaeda[m] terrae totius descriptio

anno Domini 1515
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Grammaticae Whitintonianae liber secundus de nominum declinatione

anno virginei partus, vicesimo tertio, supra sesquimillesimum, Mense Decembri [1523]
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Lily, George, active 1528–1559

Britanniae insulae quae nunc Angliae et Scotiae regna continet cum Hibernia... [Read more]

MDLVIII [1558]
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Nouus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum

1555
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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598

Theatrum orbis terrarum

[1571]
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Schöner, Johann, 1477–1547

Globi stelliferi, sive Sphaerae stellarum fixaru[m] usus, &... [Read more]

1533
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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598

Maris Pacifici (quod vulg ̣Mar del Zur)

1589
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

De heteroclitis no[min]ibus

[1515?]
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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598

Abrahami Ortelii Antverpiani Synonymia geographica, sive Populorum, regionum,... [Read more]

MDLXXVIII [1578]
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Leslie, John, 1527–1596

De origine, moribus, et rebua gestis Scotorum libri decem

1578
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Geminus, Thomas, -1562

Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio aere exarata

anno Domini, 1545, mense Octobri
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Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594

Atlas siue Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et... [Read more]

anno 1595
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Catholic Church. Pope (1513–1521 : Leo X)

Frater Philippus Mulart decretorum doctor sacri et apostolici hospitalis... [Read more]

[1519]
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Maximilian, of Transylvania, active 1522

De Moluccis insulis

Anno uirginei partus. MDXXIII mense Ianuario [1523]
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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598

Theatrum orbis terrarum

MDLXXIIII [1574]
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Caius, John, 1510–1573

De antiquitate Cantabrigiensis academiæ libri duo

1568
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Bochius, Joannes, 1555–1609

Descriptio publicae gratulationis, spectaculorum et ludorum, in aduentu... [Read more]

MDXCV [1595]
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Varthema, Lodovico de, active 15th century

Ludouici patritii Romani nouum itinerarium Aethiopiae, Aegipti,... [Read more]

[1511]
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Whittintoni editio secunda.

[1517?]
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Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C.

Here begynneth the famous cronycle of the warre which the Romayns had agaynst... [Read more]

[1523 or 1524?]
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Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541–1622

Cantebrigia opulentissimi Angliae Regni vrbs celeberrimi nominis,... [Read more]

[1575]
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Lily, George, active 1528–1559

Britania insula quae duo regna continet Angliam et Scotiam cum Hibernia... [Read more]

anno MDLXII [1562]
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Pr[a]eterita verborum

xxiiij. supra sesquimillesimu[m] nostr[a]e redemptionis anno [1524]
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Syntaxis

Christi ab incarnatione, anno. xxi. supra sesquimillesimu[m] Men. Noue[m] [1521]
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Foresti, Jacobo Filippo, da Bergamo, 1434–1520

Nouissime historiaru[m] omniu[m] repercussiones

1503
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Grammatices primae partis liber primus Roberti W. L.L. nuperrime recognitus.... [Read more]

vicesimo primo verbi Incarnati supra sesquimillessimum anno. Idibus Iunij [1521]
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Münster, Sebastian, 1489–1552

Cosmographiae uniuersalis

[1559]
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Aelianus, Tacticus, active 2nd century

Aeliani De militaribus ordinibus instituendis more Graecorum

MDLII [1552]
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Roberti Whitintoni L. Secunda grammatic[ae] pars de syllabaru[m] quantitate, acce[n]tu

vicesimo primo supra sesquimillesimu[m] nostrae salutis anno [1521]
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Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, active 1549–1584

De architectura Iacobi Androuetii du Cerceau, opus

1559
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Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598

Theatrum orbis terrarum

XX Maij MDLXX [1570]
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Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539–1590

Londinum feracissimi Angliae Regni metropolis

[1574]
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Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560

Praeterita verbo[rum]

xxi. supra ses[qui]millesimu[m] nostr[ae] redemptionis anno [1521]
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Ptolemy, active 2nd century

Geographia Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini

MDLXII [1562]
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Macer, Floridus

De viribus herbarum carmen

[1501-1606?]
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López, Juan, 1440–1496

De libertate ecclesiastica
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Molitor, Ulrich, active 1470–1501

De lamiis et phitonicis mulieribus

[approximately 1500]
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Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

Southamtoniae comitatus (preter insulas Vectis, Jersey et Garnsey... [Read more]

[1575]
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Ptolemy, active 2nd century

In hoc opere haec continentur Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimis... [Read more]

anno Virginei partus 1508
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Ziegler, Jacob, 1480–1549

Quae intus continentur.

MDXXXII. [1532]

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New Haven, Connecticut

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