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Cosmographiae / Introdvctio / Cvm Qvibvs / dam Geome / triae / Ac / Astrono / miae Principiis Ad / Eam Rem Necessariis

Title
Cosmographiae / Introdvctio / Cvm Qvibvs / dam Geome / triae / Ac / Astrono / miae Principiis Ad / Eam Rem Necessariis / Insuper quattuor Americi / Vespucij nauigationes. / Vniuersalis Cosmographiæ descriptio tam / in solido q[uam] plano / eis etiam insertis / quæ Ptholomęo ignota a nu / peris reperta sunt. / Dysthycon / [2 lines of verse]
Author
Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1521?
Publication
[St. Dié, Gymnase vosgien, 29 Aug. 1507]

Details

Additional Authors
Ringmann, Matthias, 1482-1511.
Description
52 l. diagrs. (1 fold.); 22 cm. (4to.)
Alternative Title
Cosmographiae Introductio
Subjects
Note
  • Colophon dated "iiij. kl'. Septẽbris Anno supra sesquimillesimũ .vij."
  • Roman type; 27 lines. Publisher's device.
  • Signatures: A-B⁶, C-D⁴, A⁸, b-c⁴, d⁸, e-f⁴.
  • Suggestion of "America" as name for the newly discovered lands on sig. C₁a and C₃b.
  • This work, intended to accompany Waldseemüller's globe and wall map, has been attributed to Ringmann instead of Waldseemüller by some authorities.--cf. Laubenberger, F. Ringmann oder Waldseemüller? (In: Erdkunde. Bonn. Bd. 13 (1959) p. 163-179).
Indexed In (note)
  • Sabin
  • Harrisse BAV
  • Ruge: Aelteres kartographisches Material
Call Number
*KB 1507 (Waldseemüller, M. Cosmographiae / Introdvctio / Cvm Qvibvs / dam Geome / triae (3rd ed.))
OCLC
42590321
Author
Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1521?
Title
Cosmographiae / Introdvctio / Cvm Qvibvs / dam Geome / triae / Ac / Astrono / miae Principiis Ad / Eam Rem Necessariis / Insuper quattuor Americi / Vespucij nauigationes. / Vniuersalis Cosmographiæ descriptio tam / in solido q[uam] plano / eis etiam insertis / quæ Ptholomęo ignota a nu / peris reperta sunt. / Dysthycon / [2 lines of verse]
Imprint
[St. Dié, Gymnase vosgien, 29 Aug. 1507]
Edition
Third edition, presumably; without Ringmann's verses and with "Gymnasivm Vosagense" substituted for Waldseemüller's name in the dedication, which begins on the verso of the t.-p.
Indexed In:
Sabin 101019
Harrisse BAV 46
Ruge: Aelteres kartographisches Material, V², 105
Local Note
With stamp: Barnabitarum S. Eligii Paris.
Binding, by C. Smith, of red morocco, gilt.
Added Author
Ringmann, Matthias, 1482-1511. Attributed name
Research Call Number
*KB 1507 (Waldseemüller, M. Cosmographiae / Introdvctio / Cvm Qvibvs / dam Geome / triae (3rd ed.))
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