Geographia uniuersalis, uetus et noua, complectens Claudii Ptoloemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII

Pirckheimer's Latin translation from the Greek of Ptolemy's Geographia. "A new and important edition, revised and edited by the geographer Sebastian Münster, who designed the maps anew, and added an appendix."--Sabin. Signatures: 2a⁴ *⁶ a-c⁶, A-N⁶, 2A-2B⁶, 2C⁸. Includes 48 numbe...

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Summary:Pirckheimer's Latin translation from the Greek of Ptolemy's Geographia. "A new and important edition, revised and edited by the geographer Sebastian Münster, who designed the maps anew, and added an appendix."--Sabin. Signatures: 2a⁴ *⁶ a-c⁶, A-N⁶, 2A-2B⁶, 2C⁸. Includes 48 numbered maps on double leaves, with explanatory text on the recto of the first leaf. Adams 2224 Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 66484 Thacher, II, p. 41 (Americana) Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 903 Includes indexes. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy imperfect, lacking 2a4 (errata) and 2c8 (blank leaf). With: Ptolemy, 2nd cent. Claudii Ptolemaei Pelusiensis Alexandrini Omnia quae extant opera, Geographia excepta. Basilae : Apud H. Petrum, 1541. Bound together subsequent to publication. G1005 1540 Copy 1 formerly shelved under: QB41.P9. LAC ecr 2019-06-18 no edits (1 card) LAC ddw 2022-08-08 update (1 card) Check general shelflist, check all copies. Holdings record indicates Copy 1 in GenColl. Check Thacher copies. Have they been reclassed? LAC ddw 2022-08-08