Shelfmark
Gd.3.18
Author
Uniform title
[Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq. Selections. Latin]
Title
Geographia Nubiensis id est Accuratissima totius orbis in septem climata diuisi descriptio, continens praesertim exactam universae Asiae, & Africae, rerumq[ue] in ijs hactenus incognitarum explicationem. Recens ex Arabico in Latinum versa a Gabriele Sionita Syriacarum, & Arabicarum literarum professore, atque Interprete Regio, & Ioanne Hesronita, earundem regio interprete, Maronitis..
Varying form of title
Geographia Nvbiensis id est Accvratissima totivs orbis in septem climata divisi descriptio
Varying form of title
Accuratissima totius orbis in septem climata diuisi descriptio
Varying form of title
Accvratissima totivs orbis in septem climata divisi descriptio
Varying form of title
Running title: Liber relaxationis animi curiosi
Publication, distribution, etc.
Parisiis, : Ex typographia Hieronymi Blageart, propè Collegium Rhemense., M.DC.XIX. [1619]
Physical description
[12], 184, 189-278, [14], 54, [2] p. ; 23 cm (4to)
Note
Appendix (54 pages at end) has caption title: "De nonnullis Orientalium urbibus, nec non indigenarum religione ac moribus tractatus breuis A Gabr. Sionita professore & interprete regio ac Ioanne Hesronita interprete regio, Maronitis è Libano, Nubiensi geographiae adiectus" and begins new pagination and register.
Note
"Summa priuilegij" (page [1] last count) is dated: Parisijs anno M.DC.XX.
Note
The Geographia Nubiensis is an abridgement of Idrīsī's Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq.
Note
The first Latin edition.
Note
Signatures: A⁴ B² ²A-Z⁴ Aa-Nn⁴ (Nn4 blank) a-g⁴.
Note
Includes index.
Note
Title page ornament; headpieces, initials and printed marginal notes.
Note
Errata on leaf Nn3v.
Citation/references note
Ebert, F.A. General bibliographical dict., 6597
Binding
Contemporary calf, with later reback; boards have double-blind-fillet border frames with additional vertical line close to spine; text block edges sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect: wants title-page.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Cf.5.16, De.5.01.
Subject
Geography, Arab Early works to 1800.
Subject
Geography, Medieval Early works to 1800.
Subject
Nubia Description and travel Early works to 1800.
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Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
lat ara
Identifier
B47794