Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Title:
Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini Liber geographiae cum tabulis et universali figura et cum additione locorum quae recentioribus reperta sunt diligenti cura emendatus et impressus [cartographic material].
Alternate Title(s):
Clavdii Ptholemaei Alexandrini Liber geographiae cvm tabvlis et vniversali figvra et cvm additione locorvm quae recentioribvs reperta svnt diligenti cvra emendatvs et impressvs
Published / Created:
Venetiis [Venice] : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, Anno Domini. M.D.XI. die. xx. mensis Martii. [March 22, 1511]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([62] leaves, [28] double leaves of plates) : ill., maps ; 43 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
BEIN 1977 Folio 128: Imperfect: wormed. Armorial bookplate of Charles Leonard Frost Robinson. Printed label pasted to inside front cover: 1030. In half-calf binding with wooden boards [clasps wanting]. Manuscript waste used in binding.
Contents:
(Titles from head of maps) [1]. [Revised Ptolomeic mappamundi by Bernardo Sylvani] -- [2] Prima Evropae tabvla -- [3]. Secvnda Evropae tabvla -- [4]. Tertia Evropae tabvla -- [5]. Qvarta Evropae tabvla -- [6]. Qvinta Evrop[a]e tabvla -- [7]. Sexta Evropae tabvla -- [8]. Septima Evropae tabvla -- [9]. Octava Evropae tabvla -- [10]. Nona Evropae tabvla -- [11]. Decima et vltima Evropae tabvla -- [12]. Prima Africae tabvla -- [13]. Secvnda Africae tabvla -- [14]. Tertia Africae tabvla -- [15]. Qvarta Africae tabvla -- [16]. Prima Asiae tabvla -- [17]. Secvnda Asiae tabvla -- [18]. Tertia Asiae tabvla -- [19]. Qvarta Asiae tabvla -- [20]. Qvinta Asiae tabvla -- [21]. Sexta Asiae tabvla -- [22]. Septima Asiae tabvla -- [23]. Octava Asiae tabvla -- [24]. Nona Asiae tabvla -- [25]. Decima Asiae tabvla -- [26]. Vndecima Asiae tabvla -- [27]. Dvodecima et vltima Asiae tabvla -- [28]. [Modern mappamundi by Bernardo Sylvani].
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Subject Terms:
Geography, Ancient. | Geography, Ancient -- Maps. | Geography. | Mathematical geography. | America -- Geography. | America -- Geography -- Maps. | Geography. | Geography, Ancient. | Mathematical geography. | America. | Hauslab, Franz, 1798-1883 -- Bookplate. | Robinson, Charles L. F. (Charles Leonard Frost), 1874-1916 -- Bookplate. | Thorne Collection of Cartogaphy and Geography. | Sebright, John Saunders, Sir, 1767-1846 -- Bookplate. | Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Maps. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Atlases. | Manuscript waste (Binding)
Contributors:
D'Angelo, Jacopo. | Silvani, Bernardo.