Shelfmark
Ge.1.17
Author
Uniform title
[Geographia. Latin]
Title
Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae geographicae orbis terrarum veteribus cogniti.
Varying form of title
Tabulae geographicae orbis terrarum veteribus cogniti
Publication, distribution, etc.
Trajecti ad Rhenum [Utrecht], : et Franecqueræ [Franeker], : Apud Franciscum Halmam, Guiljelmum vande Water, Bibliop. ; Apud Leonardum Strick, Bibliop., MDCXCVIII. [1698]
Physical description
[4] p., [28] double leaves of plates : maps ; 45 cm. (fol.)
Note
Engraved illustrated title-page.
Note
Imprint on verso of second leaf (table of contents).
Note
These maps originally published Cologne, 1578; maps printed from the same plates as used for the Franeker/Utrecht, 1695 edition.
Note
Gerardus Mercator's maps to Ptolemaeus' Geographia (without descriptive text).
Provenance
Book label of John Reynolds on front pastedown, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
18th century; quarter red sheepskin(?) with marbled paper sides; black goatskin spine label with gilt title: "Ptolomæi Geograph."
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fk.1.08.
Subject
Geography, Ancient Maps Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Halma, François, 1653 - 1722 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Water, Willem van de, fl. 1686 - 1728 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Strick, Leonardus bookseller.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Utrecht.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Franeker.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B48417