Geographiae vniuersae tum veteris, tum nouae abolutissimum opus, duobus voluminibus distictum
By: in quorum priore habentur Cl. Ptolemaei Pelusiensis Geographicae enarrationis libri octo ; quorum primus, qui praecepta ipsius facultatis omnia complectitur, commentarijs vberrimis illustratus est à Io. Antonio Magino ... in secundo volumine insunt Cl. Ptolemaei, antiquae orbis tabulae XXVII ad priscas historias intelligendas summè necessariae, et tabulae XXXVII, recentiores, quibus vniuersi orbis pictura, ac facies, singularumq[ue] eius partium, regionum, ac prouinciarum ob oculos patet nostro saeculo congruens ; unà cum ipsarum tabularum copiosissimis expositionibus, quibus singula orbis partes, prouinciae, regiones, imperia, regna, ducatus, & alia dominia, prout nostro tempore se habent, exactè describuntur ; auctore eodem Io. Ant. Magino ...
Contributors: Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617.; Porro, Girolamo, 1520-1604.; John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Excudebat Petrus Keschedt
Published: 1597
Place of publication: In celeberrima Agrippinensium Colonia
Language: lat
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Geography -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Geographiae vniversae tvm veteris, tvm novae absolvtissimvm duobus voluminibus distinctum; Geographiae universae tum veteris, tum novae absolutissimum duobus voluminibus distinctum
Notes: Latin translation from the Greek.
"The second edition of Magini's Ptolemy, with many typographical corrections ... The 64 copperplate maps are the same as those in the preceding edition ..."--Sabin.
Maps prepared by Girolamo Porro.
Colophon: Arnhemii, Apud Ioannem Iansonium Bibliopolam. Anno M.D.XCVII.
Signatures: )(⁴, A-F⁴, ²A-L⁸ M⁴, ³A-E⁴, ⁴A-C⁸ ⁴D⁴ ⁴E-P⁸ Q⁴ R-2O⁸, a-g⁴.
Part two has separate t.p. and numerous errors in foliation; title pages have engraved borders.
Includes indexes.
LC copy lacks blank leaf at the end of the index to part one.
Phillips 404
Sabin 66493
Thacher, II, p. 42 (Americana)