Shelfmark
Gd.3.17
Author
Uniform title
[Introductio ad geographiam novam et veterem]
Title
Joannis Luyts, philosophiæ professoris, Introductio ad geographiam novam et veterem; in qua necessaria hujus scientiæ prolegomena, intermixto usu globi terrestris, nec non oceani & regionum constitutio perspicuo ordine pertractantur. Adjiciuntur suis locis oceani, terræ, & cujusque regionis tabulæ, item chartæ LXV sansonis, inter quas quædam hac forma antè ineditæ..
Varying form of title
Added title page title: Introductio ad geographiam
Publication, distribution, etc.
Trajecti ad Rhenum, : Ex officina Francisci Halma, acad. typogr., M.DC.XCII. [1692]
Physical description
[30], 764, [24] p., [66] double leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm (4to)
Note
Title page printed in red and black; with a woodcut printer's device (motto: "Vivitur ingenio").
Note
With added illustrated engraved title page, depicting Atlas bearing the heavens upon his shoulders (with other figures and symbols, including putti holding up maps, Chronos, Neptune, and map-makers' tools); signed: "G. Hoet delin. J. Mulder fecit". Added title reads: "Introductio ad geographiam".
Note
Signatures: *-3*⁴ 4*⁴(-4*4) A-5F⁴ 5G².
Note
Illustrated with [66] engraved maps (on double leaves, some folded), and engravings of geographical instruments (including a compass rose). The maps are signed (variants of) "Autore N. Sansom" and "A. de Winter sc:", and are drawn to various different scales; some have inset pictures, while other have ornate cartouches enclosing the map title.
Note
Printed marginalia.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Errata at foot of final page.
Provenance
Book label of John Reynolds on front pastedown, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary parchment over boards; goatskin spine label with gilt title in double-gold-fillet frame: "Luyts Geographi"; text block edges sprinkled red and blue(?).
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fk.2.07.
Subject
Geography Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Halma, François, 1653 - 1722 printer.
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Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Utrecht.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B47793