Ptolemy, active 2nd century, In hoc opere haec continentur Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimis uiris utriusq[ue] linguae doctiss. eme[n]data, & cu[m] archetypo Graeco ab ipsis collata , anno Virginei partus 1508
- Title(s):
- In hoc opere haec continentur Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimis uiris utriusq[ue] linguae doctiss. eme[n]data, & cu[m] archetypo Graeco ab ipsis collata / schemata cu[m] demonstrationibus suis correcta a Marco Beneuentano monacho caelestino & Ioanne Cotta Veronensi uiris mathematicis consultissimis ; figura de proiectione spherae in plano quae in libro octauo desiderabatur ab ipsis no[n]dum instaurata sed fere ad inuenta eius. n. uestigia in nullo etiam Graeco codice extabant ; maxima quantitas dier[um] ciuitatu[m], & distantiae locor[um] ab Alexa[n]dria Aegypti cuiusq[ue] ciuitatis quae in alijs codicibus no[n] erant ; planisphaerium Cl. Ptolemaei recognitu[m] & diligentiss. emendatum a Marco Benuentano ... ; noua orbis descriptio ac nuoa oceani nauigatio qua Lisbona ad Indicu[m] peruenitur pelagus Marco Benuentano ... aedita ; noua & uniuersalior orbis tabula Ioa[n]. Ruysch ... elaborata ; sex tabulae nouiter confectae uidelicet Liuoniae, Hyspaniae, Galliae, Germaniae, Italiae, & Iudeae.
- Additional Title(s):
In hoc opere haec continentvr Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimis uiris utrius[que] linguae doctiss. eme[n]data, & cu[m] archetypo Graeco ab ipsis collata
Geographia. Latin. 1508- Published/Created:
- Rome : Nouiter impressum per Bernardinu[m] Venetu[m] de Vitalibus : Expe[n]sis Eua[n]gelista Tosino Brixiano Bibliopola ..., anno Virginei partus 1508.
- Physical Description:
- 1 atlas ([284] pages, [68] leaves of plates) : illustrations, 34 maps ; 43 cm (folio)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2023 57Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3414337
- Classification:
- Maps & Atlas (printed)
- Scale:
- Scales differ.
- Notes:
- BEIN 1975 and 1977: Second state of the Ruysch map. (Mixed Eames I and II)
BEIN Folio 144: First state of the Ruysch map, without the inscriptions: Plisacvs Sinvs and Sinvs Grvenlantevs; without the inscriptions: Pelagvs Bone Speranze and Seyllan Oceanvs.
BEIN 1975 Folio 65: Imperfect: slightly wormed.
BEIN 1975 Folio 65: Henry C. Taylor collection no. 44.
BEIN 1977 Folio 132: Imperfect: map of "Moderna Prussie ..." slightly mutilated.
BEIN Folio 144: Imperfect: some maps mutilated.
A reissue of the 1507 edition, with the original colophon date of 1507, but changed on the title page and title page verso to 1508. The first edition of Ptolemy to include the Noua Orbis Descriptio by Marcus Beneventanus, and six new maps. Includes De tribus orbis partibus, [20] leaves at end.
Includes the mappamundi by Dutch cartographer Johannes Ruysch: Universalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta observationibus, the first printed map to show parts of the New World.
Place and date of publication from title page. Printer's name from colophon (leaf O7).
Signatures: A-C⁸ D-E⁶ F-O⁸ (O8 blank) 2A-2B⁸ 2C⁴ (2C4 verso blank) a⁶ b⁸.
Includes the index on leaf 2A1 recto and the "Tractatus de tribus orbis partibus", leaves 2A1 verso-2C4 recto, by the Benedictine monk Nicolaus Germanus.
Relief shown pictorially.
Maps are printed from the engraved copper plates of either the Rome, 1478 or 1490 editions of the work; also contains numerous woodcut diagrams in the text with a full page woodcut entitled "Sphaera in plano" on N1 recto; ornamental initials.
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 25
Sanz, C. Geographia de Ptolomeo, p. 104-115
Harrisse, H. Bibliotheca americana vetustissima, 56
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 357
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 66476
Stevens, H.N. Ptolemy's geography: a brief account of all the printed editions down to 1730, p. 43
Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, I: p. 47
European Americana, 508/10
BAC Folio A 2023 57: Maps are uncolored. Gatherings a⁶ b⁸ are bound before the maps. Bound in contemporary calf, with brass bosses and clasps. A vellum leaf inserted at the front bears the painted coat of arms of the Pesaro family of Venice. - Subject Terms:
- Cosmography -- Early works to 1800.Fürstlich Liechtenstein'sche Fideikommiss Bibliothek (Vienna, Austria) -- Bookplate (BEIN 1975 Folio 65)Geography, Ancient.Guerrinius, Pamphilus -- Inscription (BEIN 1977 Folio 132)Pesaro family -- Ownership.Stöterogge, Nikolaus -- Presentation inscription, 1558 (BEIN 1975 Folio 65)
- Form/Genre:
- Atlases.
World atlases.
Engravings.
Woodcuts. - Export:
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Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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