Geographiae uniuersae tum ueteris tum nouae absolutissimum opus duobus uoluminibus distinctum, in quorum priore habentur Cl. Ptolemaei Pelusiensis Geographicae enarrationes libri octo
By: quorum primus, qui praecepta ipsius facultatis omnia complectitur, commentarijs uberrimis illustratus est à Io. Antonio Magino ... in secundo uolumine insunt Cl. Ptolemaei antiquae orbis tabulae XXVII ad priscas historias intelligendas summè necessari[a]e ; et tabul[a]e XXXVII recentiores, quibus uniuersi orbis pictur[a]e, ac facies, singularumq[ue] eius partium, regionum, ac prouinciarum ob oculos patet nostro saeculo congruens ; unà cum ipsarum tabularum copiosissimis expostionibus, quibus singula orbis partes, prouincia, regiones, imperia, regna, ducatus, & alia dominia, pro ut nostro tempore se habent exacte describuntur ; auctore eodem Io. Ant. Magino ...
Contributors: Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617.; Porro, Girolamo, 1520-1604.; John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Apud Haeredes Simonis Galignani de Karera
Published: 1596
Place of publication: Venetiis
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 absolutissimvm opvs dvobvs volvminibvs distinctvm; Geographiae universae tum veteris tum novae absolutissimum opus voluminibus distinctum
Notes: Latin translation from the Greek.
"A new edition, with new maps, and edited by Giovanni Antonio Magini of Padua ... The 64 copperplate maps prepared by Girolamo Porro, are on a smaller scale, and somewhat better executed than in the edition of 1562 ..."--Sabin.
Signatures: [dagger]⁶, A-E⁴, ²A-L⁸ M⁴, ³A-F⁴, ⁴A-C⁸, ⁴D⁴, ⁴E-P⁸, Q⁴ R-2O⁸, a-f⁴ g² *².
Pars secunda has a separate t.p.; last leaf of index to part one a blank; errata on last two leaves.
Includes index.
LC copy has bookplate of: Eduardo Prado.
Adams 117
Phillips 403
Sabin 66492
Thacher, II, p. 42 (Americana)