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Title

  • Cosmographia

Names

  • Ptolemy, active 2nd century
  • D'Angelo, Jacopo, translator
  • Nicolaus Germanus, active 15th century, editor
  • Della Torre, Pietro, active 15th century, printer
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Rome, Petrus de Turre, 4 Nov. 1490.

Headings

  • -  Geography--Early works to 1800

Genre

  • Incunabula--Italy--Rome--1490
  • World atlases
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Translated by Jacopo d'Angelo and edited by Nicolaus Germanus.
  • -  Maps printed from plates used in Buckinck's Rome ed. of 1478. Registrum alphabeticum (leaves [2a-35b]) and De locis et mirabilibus mundi (leaves [153b-173a]) taken from Reger's Ulm ed. of 1486.
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-1086
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 13541
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, IV, p. 133 (IC.19313)
  • -  IGI 8185
  • -  Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 66474
  • -  List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 355
  • -  Thacher 250
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1977), 256
  • -  Rosenwald copy Conserved; 001183.4 1973 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda
  • -  Former copy 4 (Vollbehr H13541) used for exchange 7-25-49
  • -  Thacher no. 250

Medium

  • [174] leaves ([1], [36], [37], [98], and [174] blank). 27 double maps (engravings), diagrs. (woodcuts). 42 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1490 .P8
  • G1005 1490 Measures 42.7 cm. Leaves [153-160], [169-173] inlaid. Without blanks [36], [37], [98], and [174].
  • Incun. 1490 .P8 Copy 3 Measures 40.6 cm. Several leaves mutilated, repaired.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48042565

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Ptolemy, Active 2Nd Century, Pietro Della Torre, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and John Boyd Thacher Collection. Cosmographia. editeds by Nicolaus Germanus, Active 15Th Century, translateds by D'Angelo, Jacopo Rome, Petrus de Turre, 4 Nov, 1490. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48042565/.

APA citation style:

Ptolemy, A. 2. C., Della Torre, P., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & John Boyd Thacher Collection, Nicolaus Germanus, A. 1. C., ed. (1490) Cosmographia. D'Angelo, J., trans Rome, Petrus de Turre, 4 Nov. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48042565/.

MLA citation style:

Ptolemy, Active 2Nd Century, et al. Cosmographia. ed by Nicolaus Germanus, Active 15Th Century, trans by D'Angelo, Jacopo Rome, Petrus de Turre, 4 Nov, 1490. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/48042565/>.