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Title

  • Luculentissima quaeda[m] terrae totius descriptio : cu[m] multis vtilissimis cosmographiae iniciis : nouaq[ue] & q[uam] ante fuit verior Europae nostrae formatio : praeterea, fluuioru[m], montiu[m], prouintiaru[m], vrbiu[m] & gentium q[uam]plurimoru[m] vetustissima nomina recentioribus admixta vocabulis : multa etia[m] quae diligens lector noua vsuiq[ue] futura inueniet

Other Title

  • Luculentissima quaeda terrae totius descriptio

Names

  • Schöner, Johann, 1477-1547, author
  • Stuchs, Georg, -1520, printer
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Early Printing Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Impressum Noribergae : I[n] excusoria officina Ioannis Stuchssen, anno domini 1515.

Headings

  • -  Physical geography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germany--Nuremberg

Notes

  • -  Imprint from colophon.
  • -  "Cum priuilegio inuictis. Romanoru[m] impera. Maximiliani per octo annos: ne quis imprimat: aut impremere procuret codicis hos: cum globis cosmographicis: sub mulcta quinquaginta florenorem Renen[sis] et amissione omniu[m] exemplarium."
  • -  Signatures: a⁸ b⁶ A-B⁸ C-G⁴ H-K⁸ L⁶.
  • -  "De America quarta irbis par te cum aliis nouis insulis appositis" (leaves 60-62) relate to America. "The author follows the suggestion made by Waldseemüller, in 1507, and calls this fourth part of the world America or Amerigen. Schöner's book is probably the second, after the various editions of the Cosmographiae Introductio, to contain the word America."--Church 37.
  • -  Compiled to accompany Schöner's globe which he made in 1515.
  • -  Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), S 3475
  • -  Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 77804
  • -  Church, E.D. Catalogue of books relating to the discovery and early history of North and South America, 37
  • -  Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 49
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 628
  • -  Rosenwald Collection (1954 ed.) 448
  • -  Errata slip inserted.
  • -  Includes index.
  • -  LAC scc 2019-06-21 no edits (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-06-24 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • [15], 65 leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 20 cm (4to)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GB51 .S3
  • GB51 .S3 Copy 2 Imperfect: wanting first 14 leaves (gatherings a⁸ b⁶). Without errata slip. In modern blind-stamped red morocco; all edges gilt.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50045647

OCLC Number

  • 11288458

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Schöner, Johann, Author, Georg Stuchs, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Early Printing Collection. Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio: cum multis vtilissimis cosmographiae iniciis: nouaque & quam ante fuit verior Europae nostrae formatio: praeterea, fluuiorum, montium, prouintiarum, vrbium & gentium quamplurimorum vetustissima nomina recentioribus admixta vocabulis: multa etiam quae diligens lector noua vsuique futura inueniet. [Impressum Noribergae: In excusoria officina Ioannis Stuchssen, anno domini, 1515] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50045647/.

APA citation style:

Schöner, J., Stuchs, G., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Early Printing Collection. (1515) Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio: cum multis vtilissimis cosmographiae iniciis: nouaque & quam ante fuit verior Europae nostrae formatio: praeterea, fluuiorum, montium, prouintiarum, vrbium & gentium quamplurimorum vetustissima nomina recentioribus admixta vocabulis: multa etiam quae diligens lector noua vsuique futura inueniet. [Impressum Noribergae: In excusoria officina Ioannis Stuchssen, anno domini] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/50045647/.

MLA citation style:

Schöner, Johann, Author, et al. Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio: cum multis vtilissimis cosmographiae iniciis: nouaque & quam ante fuit verior Europae nostrae formatio: praeterea, fluuiorum, montium, prouintiarum, vrbium & gentium quamplurimorum vetustissima nomina recentioribus admixta vocabulis: multa etiam quae diligens lector noua vsuique futura inueniet. [Impressum Noribergae: In excusoria officina Ioannis Stuchssen, anno domini, 1515] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/50045647/>.