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Varthema, Lodovico de, active 15th century

Ludouici patritii Romani nouum itinerarium Aethiopiae, Aegipti, utriusque Arabiae, Persidis, Siriae, ac Indiae, intra et extra Gangem.

[1511]

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  • Creator

    Varthema, Lodovico de, active 15th century

  • Title(s)

    Ludouici patritii Romani nouum itinerarium Aethiopiae, Aegipti, utriusque Arabiae, Persidis, Siriae, ac Indiae, intra et extra Gangem.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Lvdovici patritii Romani novvm itinerarivv Aethiopiae, Aegipti, utrivsqve Arabiae, Persidis, Siriae, ac Indiae, intra et extra Gangem
    Novum itinerarium Aethiopiae, Aegipti, utriusque Arabiae, Persidis, Siriae, ac Indiae, intra et extra Gangem
    Itinerario. Latin

  • Published/Created

    [Milan] : [Giovanni Angelo Scinzenzeler?, for Giovanni Giacomo da Legnano & fratelli], [1511]

  • Physical Description

    [8], LXII leaves ; 29 cm (fol.)

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    DS7.V37 L83 1511
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Full YALE Library Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/99163958703408651

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    EDIT 16, CNCE 25316
    Translated from the Italian by Arcangelo Madrignani, with dedicatory epistle by him dated: Mediolani octauo calen[das] Iunias .M.D. XI.
    Copies are known in two states: with and without the woodcut publisher's device (Kristeller 81) of Giovanni Giacomo and Giovanni Antonio da Legnano on title page.
    Imprint from BM STC Italian.
    Probably printed by Giovanni Angelo Scinzenzeler. Cf. BM STC Italian, 1465-1600.
    Signatures: 2A⁴ ²2A⁴ A-B⁴ C⁸ D⁶ E-G⁸ H⁶ I¹⁰.
    Errors in foliation: XXXV-XXXVIII misnumbered XXXVI, XXXV, XXXVI, XXXVII respectively.
    Poem by Lancinus Curtius on leaf ²A4r-v.
    Short-title catalogue of books printed in Italy and of Italian books printed in other countries from 1465 to 1600 now in the British Museum, p. 73
    Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, V-292
    BAC DS7.V37 L83 1511: Bound in later vellum. Contains woodcut publisher's device on title page.

  • Subject Terms

    India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. |
    Middle East -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. |
    Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.

  • Form/Genre

    Woodcuts.

  • Contributors

    Giovanni Giacomo da Legnano & fratelli | Madrignani, Arcangelo, -1520? | Scinzenzeler, Giovanni Angelo

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