Shelfmark
Gh.9.18(04)
Author
Uniform title
[Rudimenta cosmographica]
Title
Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioan. Honteri Coronensis Libri III. Cum tabellis geographicis elegantissimis. De variarum rerum nomenclaturis, per classes, liber I..
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Zurich] : [Christoph Froschauer], M. D. LXXXI. [1581]
Physical description
[32] leaves : [16] leaves with illustrations ; ill. (woodcuts) ; 15 cm. (8⁰)
Note
Signatures: A-D⁸ a-d⁴ (D8, d3-d4 blank).
Note
In verse.
Note
Includes section of woodcuts, consisting of 3 illustrations and 13 maps, all unnumbered (ff. a1r-d2v). 12 of these maps cover two pages each and are printed on adjacent versos and rectos. The first illustration is entitled "Circuli sphaerae, cum V. zonis"
Note
printer's device on t.p.
Provenance
Booklabel of Eton College on the front pastedown.
Provenance
List of the items bound together on the recto and verso of the first flyleaf in two different hands.
Binding
?18th-century plain calf; frame with triple blind fillet on covers; four raised bands decorated with blind fillets and gold titling on spine; red sprinkled edges; one additional flyleaf on front and back of book; written manuscripts used as binding support.
Subject
Cosmography Early works to 1800.
Subject
Geography Early works to 1800.
Subject
Early maps.
Added entry--name
Froschauer, Christoph, ? - -1564 printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Zurich.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50559