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Title

Pii. II. Pon. Max. Asiae Europaeque elegantissima descriptio, 7

Author

Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.

Publication

Parisijs apud Galeotum a prato, ad primam Palatij regij columnam. 1534.

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Details

Additional Authors

Glareanus, Henricus, 1488-1563.

Description

8 p.l., 522 (really 526) p., 1 l.; 17 cm. (8vo.)

Alternative Title

Asiae Europaeque elegantissima descriptio mira festiuitate tum

Subject

• Cosmography > Early works to 1800
• Geography > Early works to 1800
• Asia > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Europe > Description and travel > Early works to 1800
• Africa > Description and travel > Early works to 1800

Note

• "A duplicate of the ... [edition of Paris apud C. Chevallionum, 1534] with a new title-page bearing the imprint of Galliot du Pré, and having the words of the title differently arranged."--cf. B.M. Catalogue.
• p. 310, 311, 369, 418 wrongly numbered 301, 301, 365, 814; nos. 365-368 repeated.
• "Æneas began to collect material for a topographical history of the nations of Europe as he knew them. After he became pope, a discussion between himself and Federico, Duke of Urbino, as to the borders of Asia Minor ... led him to extend the scope of his work ... Both Europe and Asia, as they have come down to posterity, are little more than prelinimary collections of material, incomplete, unequal, and devoid of style. Nevertheless, this unfinishe dCosmographia reveals Æneas as one extraordinarily well versed in the literature of his subject, and able to combine booklearning with observation. The strength of the work lies in its insistence upon the close connection between geography and history ... His Europa formed the basis of the sixteenth century cosmographies of Sebastian Franck and Sebastian Münster."--cf. C.M. Ady, Pius II. London, [1913] p. 297-298.
• Henrici Clareani, [sic] Heluetij, poetæ Laureati, compendiaria Europæ, Africæ, Asiaeq[ue] descriptio, p. 493-522.
• References to America, Columbus and Vespucci, p. 521.
• Last leaf blank.

Indexed In (note)

• Sabin

Call Number

*KB 1534 (Pius. Pii. II. Pon. Max. Asiae Evropaeqve elegantissima descriptio)

OCLC

36371796

Author

Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.

Title

Pii. II. Pon. Max. Asiae Europaeque elegantissima descriptio, 7

Imprint

Parisijs apud Galeotum a prato, ad primam Palatij regij columnam. 1534.

Indexed In:

Sabin 63164

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Added Author

Glareanus, Henricus, 1488-1563. De geographia liber unus. Selections.

Research Call Number

*KB 1534 (Pius. Pii. II. Pon. Max. Asiae Evropaeqve elegantissima descriptio)