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Mapa mondi : [facsimile reproduction on vellum of Atlas catalan de 1375].

Title: Mapa mondi : [facsimile reproduction on vellum of Atlas catalan de 1375].
Author: Bibliothèque nationale (France). Manuscript. Esp. 30.
Publication: [Barcelona : Impreso a mano por Ricardo Vives Sabat-ae, 1959]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Oversize	Map Div.++++ (World) (France. Bibliothèque nationale. Mapa mondi. 1375)	Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117

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Description

1 l. : facsim.: 6 col. pl.; 69 cm.

Alternative Title

Atlas Catalan.

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Note

In portfolio with binder's title: Abraham Cresques Atlas catalan de 1375.
Preface by J. Vernet y D. Romano.
Authorship has been attrib. to Abraham Cresques. cf. Pref. and G. Sarton. Introd. to the history of science. Baltimore, 1948. v. 3:2, p. 1591.
"[This map] has been considered the masterpiece of mediaeval cartography." - Sarton. op. cit. v. 3:2, p. 1591.
Reproduced in exact facsimile on 6 large vellum leaves, illuminated by hand, with a descriptive introduction (1 leaf) by professors J. Vernet and D. Romano of the University of Barcelona.
Title from Bibliothèque nationale. Manuscrits, Dept. des. Catalogue des manuscrits espagnols ... 1892. Entry 119.

Call Number

Map Div.++++ (World) (France. Bibliothèque nationale. Mapa mondi. 1375)

OCLC

29132785

Author

Bibliothèque nationale (France). Manuscript. Esp. 30.

Title

Mapa mondi : [facsimile reproduction on vellum of Atlas catalan de 1375].

Imprint

[Barcelona : Impreso a mano por Ricardo Vives Sabat-ae, 1959]

Added Author

Cresques, Abraham, -1387.

Vernet Ginés, Juan.

Romano, David.

Cresques, Jafuda.

Added Title

Atlas Catalan.

Research Call Number

Map Div.++++ (World) (France. Bibliothèque nationale. Mapa mondi. 1375)