Shelfmark
Fd.1.07
Author
Uniform title
[Geographia]
Title
Claudij Ptolemæi Alexandrini Geographiae libri octo Graeco-Latini. Latinè primùm recogniti & emendati, cum tabulis geographicis ad mentem auctoris restitutis per Gerardum Mercatorem: iam verò ad Graeca & Latina exemplaria à Petro Montano iterum recogniti, et pluribus locis castigati. Adjecta insuper ab eodem nomina recentia et æquipollentia ex varijs auctoribus veteribus et recentiorib[us] magna cura collecta, in gratiam et usum geographiæ studiosorum.
Varying form of title
Claudii Ptolemæi Alexandrini Geographiae libri octo Graeco-Latini
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Geographiae libri octo
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Amsterodammi] : Sumptibus Cornelij Nicolai & Iudoci Hondij Amsterodammi, Anno D. 1605.
Physical description
[42], 215, [64] p. : ill., maps (27 double, 1 single), port. ; fol.
Language
Greek text and Latin translation in parallel columns.
Note
Petrus Bertius aided in the preparation of this edition. Cf. "I. Hondius Lectori S." (p. [3], first sequence).
Note
Includes indexes.
Note
Descriptive text on versos of most of the maps, which are printed from the original Mercator plates of 1578, purchased by Hondius after Mercator's death.
Note
Portrait of Mercator engraved by Franz Hogenberg and dated 1574.
Note
Engraved t.p.; title within an architectural border.
Note
Woodcut initials; printed marginalia.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Provenance
Ownership inscription on t.p.: "Sum Rich. King Exoniensis", with inscription in Greek.
Binding
18th century English quarter sheep; boards covered in light blue paper; gold tooled decorative roll on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; six raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect copy: lacks the 27 double maps.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fk.1.9.
Subject
Subject
Atlases Early works to 1800.
Subject
Geography, Ancient.
Added entry--name
Hogenberg, Franz, ? - d. 1590? engraver.
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Hondius, Jodocus, 1563 - 1612 printer.
Added entry--name
Claesz, Cornelis, ca. 1546 - 1609 printer.
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Pirckheimer, Willibald, 1470 - 1530 translator.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B28387