Claudii Ptolemaei geographicae enarrationis libri octo Bilibaldo Pirckeymhero interprete /
Ptolemy,active 2nd century.
Regiomontanus, Joannes,1436-1476.
D'Angelo, Jacopo.
Pirckheimer, Willibald,1470-1530.
Grüninger, Johann,-1532?
Fries, Lorenz,1491-1550.Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem exactissime depicta
Argentoragi : Iohannes Griengerus, communibus Iohannes Koberger impensis excudebat,
Anno a Christi Nativitate M.D.XXV. [1525] Tertio Kal'. Apriles.
Imprint from colophon, which is on Q8.
Title within engraved ornamental border.
Relief shown pictorially.
Text translated by Pirckheimer from the notes of Regiomontanus.
Maps previously issued by Gruninger in 1522; subsequently reissued by Melchior & Gaspar Treschel in Lyons in 1535.
Ptolemy maps trapezoid in shape.
World map by Lorenz Fries dated 1522 :"Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem exactissime depicta".
Maps mounted on guards made from 14th century Italian vellum ms. books
Wood-cut head-pieces and initials.
Regiomontanus was the pseudonym of Johannes Müller.
Sabin,
Shirley,
M. Pastoureau, Atlas Francais,
John Bartholomew Collection.
Geography, Ancient.
Early maps.