Notitia orbis antiqui, siue Geographia plenior
Subtitle: ab ortu rerumpublicarum ad Constantinorum tempora orbis terrarum faciem declarans
By: Christophorus Cellarius ex vetustis probatisque monimentis collegit, & nouis tabulis geographicis, singulari cura & studio delineatis, illustrauit. Adiectus est index copiosissimus locorum & aliarum rerum geographicarum
Contributors: Bibliothek der Mecklenburgischen Ritter und Landschaft
Publisher: Impensis Gleditsch, senioris.
Published: 1701
Place of publication: Lipsiae [i.e. Leipzig]
Language: lat; grc
Subjects: Ancient Geography; Classical influences; Civilization; Geography
Other titles: Notitia orbis antiqvi, sive Geographia plenior.; Notitia orbis antiqui, sive Geographia plenior.; Notitiae orbis antiqui, sive Geographiae plenioris tomus alter Asiam et Africam antiquam exponens.; Notitiae orbis antiqui sive Geographiae plenioris pars III et ultima, hoc est Africa antiqua.
Notes: Volume 1 includes "Geographia antiqua"

Title page of volume 2 reads: Notitiae orbis antiqvi, sive Geographiae plenioris tomus alter Asiam et Africam antiquam exponens and has imprint: Lipsiae, impensis GleditschI senioris, M DCC VI.

"Notitiae orbis antiqvi sive Geographiae plenioris pars III et vltima, hoc est Africa antiqva", v. 2, p. [2-3], 1-254, 3rd and 4th counts, has divisional title page.

"Additamentvm de Novo orbe, an cognitvs fverit veteribvs", v. 2, p. 251-254, 4th count, contains a discussion of whether America was not known already as Atlantis as discussed in Plato's Timaeus and Critias.

Pagination: v. 1: [18], 1332, [64] p., [22] leaves of plates (21 folded); v. 2: [16], 889, [3], 254, [62] p., [13] folded leaves of plates.

Signatures: v. 1: a⁴ (-a4) (a1 verso blank) b⁴ c² A-8N⁴ 8O²; v. 2: a-b⁴ (a1 verso blank) A-5T⁴ 5U² (-5U2) *A⁴ (-*A4) (*A1 verso blank) *B-*2R⁴

Errata: v. 1, p. 1332, 2nd count; v. 2, p. [62], 5th count.

Includes indexes.

Engraved printer's vignette on title pages; head and tail pieces; initials.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 701/69.

Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full vellum over boards.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Metcalf Fund.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: E biblioteca ordinum provincialium ducatus megapolitani Rostochiensi: book plates on front pastedowns; Bibliothek d[er] Mecklenb[urgischen] Ritter u[nd]Landschaft: book stamp on versos of title pages.