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1991Ancient World cptg<p>Ancient World cptg Claudius Ptolemy active 2nd century. <strong>The Geography.</strong> Translated and edited by Edward Luther Stevenson; with an introduction by Joseph Fischer. Mineola N.Y.: Dover; Toronto: General Pub. Company; London: Constable 1991 1 atlas xvi 167 ca. 121 p.: ill. maps; This The Dover reprint came from the library of a bibliophile who had a wonderful collection of printed books on the history of maps. The original paperback volume was rebound in a handsome blue library buckram with wrappers bound in gilt lettering on spine. Measures 9 ½" x 12 ½". Fine copy. <strong>$50.00 Box 5678</strong></p><p><u>Notes</u></p><p>Translation of the <em>Geographia</em> and dedication of the 1460 ms. ed. <em>Codex Ebnerianus</em> prepared by Donnus Nicholas Nicolaus Germanus.</p><p>"Translation based upon . Latin and Greek texts" and later editions--P. xiii.</p><p>At head of title: Claudius Ptolemy.</p><p>Unabridged republication in reduced dimensions of the limited ed.: Geography of Claudius Ptolemy. New York: New York Public Library 1932.</p><p>Includes reproductions of maps and some text from the <em>Codex</em> <em>Ebnerianus</em> and reproductions of two maps from 16th cent. printed eds. of the <em>Geographia</em>: the Ruysch world map from the 1508 ed. and the Lorenz Fries world map from the 1522 ed.</p><p><u>Subjects</u></p><p>Ptolemy active 2nd century. <em>Geographia</em></p><p>Manuscripts Latin -- Facsimiles</p><p>Early maps -- Facsimiles</p><p>Atlases -- Early works to 1800</p><p>Geography Ancient</p><p>Geography Ancient -- Maps</p><p>Author / Creator</p><p>Nicolaus Germanus active 15th century. </p><p>Stevenson Edward Luther 1858-1944. </p><p>Fischer Joseph 1858-1944 </p><p>New York Public Library </p><p>Other title</p><p><em>Claudius Ptolemy the Geography.</em></p><p>Other title</p><p><em>Codex Ebnerianus</em> New York Public Library </p><p>ISBN : 0486268969 pbk. :</p> Dover; General Pub. Company; Constable hardcover
1915181190Munich: J.B. Obernetter 1915. Hardcover. VG- covers have heavy wear but pages of text and illustrations are clean and clear. Front cover is unnattached and heavy chipping to spine. Tan boards with brown lettering 2 preliminary leaves 180 pp many uncut bw illustrations and diagrams. Text is in Portuguese. Title translates to: "Treaty of the sphera with Theorica of the sun and the moon and the first book of Geographia by Claudio Ptolomeo." History of Portuguese nautical science at the time of the great discoveries. J.B. Obernetter hardcover
2024__0903696746Hurtwood Pr Ltd 2024. Hardcover. New. 208 pages. 11.50x9.25x9.09 inches. Hurtwood Pr Ltd hardcover
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1990Q-0062508660Harpercollins 1990-12-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harpercollins hardcover
1990220523068Harpercollins 1990-12-01. Hardcover. New. 8x5x0. ~ NEW Inside and Out! Clean & Crisp Pages. E-mail for more info./pics Harpercollins hardcover
Q-0029222702The Free Press 1965-03-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! The Free Press paperback
ABAA-75TH-VBF-18<p>Leiden; Amsterdam: Isaac Elzevir; Jodocus Hondius 1618-1619.</p><p>2 folio volumes: I/ 7 ll. including 1 portrait of Petrus Bertius 253 pp. 1 l.; II/ 28 double-page maps 28 pp. 20 ll. 2 ll.; 46 pp. 8 map segments spread over 4 double-pages 20 pp. 1 full-page map between pp. 10 and 11 1 l. <em>"Abrahami Ortelii Geographise veteris Tabvlae aliquot</em>" in 35 ll. including a half-title and 14 double-page maps complete.</p><p>Full ivory vellum decorated and varnished spines covers of the first volume renewed<em>. Elegant contemporary binding.</em></p><p>408 x 275 mm.</p><p><strong>A complete copy containing 28 double-page maps originally published by Mercator in 1578</strong> 19 maps 15 double-page of Ortelius' <em>Parergon</em> a folding map and the 4 double-page maps that make up the famous <em>Tabula Peutingeriana</em>. The <em>Tabula</em> reproduces the renown manuscript map of the XII century now preserved at the Albertina in Vienna which incorporates an original Roman road map of the third century printed for the first time in 1591 by Welser in Venice.</p><p><strong>First edition of the famous and extremely rare "Theatrum Geographiae Veteris".</strong></p><p><strong>A copy in superb contemporary colors complete in particular with the often missing folding map of Egypt from this 1618-1619 Ptolemy extremely rare and considered by the great bibliographer Sabin as</strong> "<em>An important and valuable work</em>".</p><p>" An important and valuable work containing 47 maps in all. The 28 maps in the first part are on double pages with one exception and were evidently printed from the same plates as those in the editions of 1578 1584 and 1605. They comprise the "<em>Vniversalis Tabvla ivxta Ptolemaeum</em>" ten of Europe five of Africa one of which is on a single leaf entitled "Appendix. III. Tabvlae Afr :" verso blank and twelve of Asia. The Peutingerian tables in 4 double-page plates were engraved and published for the first time nearly twenty years before and contain the imprint <em>Antverpiae è Typographeio nostro</em>. <em>Kal. Decemb</em>. In some copies the map "Scheda Prior" is accompanied by another entitled "Scheda Posterior" probably taken from another work.</p><p>The 14 maps of Ortelius comprise : <em>Evropa</em> sig. QQ; <em>Britannica Insvlae</em> RR; <em>Hispania</em> SS ; <em>Gallia Strabonis</em> VV ; <em>Belgivm</em> YY ; <em>Germania</em> 2.7. ; <em>Italia</em> CCC ; <em>Sicilia</em> DDD; <em>Dacia et Moesia</em> EEE; <em>Pontvs Evxinvs</em> FFF; <em>Thracia</em> GGG; <em>Graecia</em> HHH; <em>Africa Propria</em> III; and <em>Palaestina</em> KKK.</p><p>The backs of these maps and the intervening leaves contain the descriptive text. Most of them had been engraved for earlier editions of Ortelius's Atlas and some are dated 1590 1595 1596 1603 etc. In some copies the maps "<em>Britannicae Insvlae</em>" "<em>Hispania</em>" "<em>Germania</em>" "<em>Sicilia</em>" and "<em>Palaestina</em>" are slightly different and have the descriptive text on the backs in double columns and in larger type - perhaps taken from the 1624 edition of the "<em>Theatri Orbis Terrarvm Parergon</em>" of Ortelius. The portrait of Mercator is the same as in the edition of 1605. Brunet describes a copy in which the verso of the dedication leaf contained a portrait of Petrus Bertius. " Sabin</p><p><strong>Our copy contains this rare portrait of Petrus Bertius on the verso of the dedication to Louis XIII at the beginning of the first volume.</strong></p><p>Collation : 2 preliminary leaves comprising the general title verso blank and the engraved title with a globe to the first volume verso blank no sig. ; the dedication to Louis XIII on one leaf with a portrait of Petrus Bertius on the back followed by the preface in 5 leaves sig. and in twos ; the Greek and Latin text in parallel columns pp. 1-253 verso blank followed by the title to the maps in Greek and Latin with verses on the back sig. A-X in sixes and Z in two ; 28 maps on 55 leaves mostly with descriptive text on the backs sig. A-Bb in twos and a single leaf between P and Q ; Mercator's annotations on the maps comprising the half title with portrait of Mercator on the verso and pp. 3-28 sig. Cc-Dd in sixes and Ee in two ; the " Index Locorum " etc. in 20 leaves sig. AA-CC in sixes and DD in two; the engraved title to the second volume verso blank; the "Itineraria dvo Antonini Pii" pp. 2 1-46 sig. DD3 in four EE-GG in sixes and HH in two; the "Tabulae Pevtingerianae" comprising 8 segments of a map in 4 double-page plates on 8 leaves with text on the backs sig. II-MM in twos ; the " Praefatio in fragmenta Tabulae itinerariae antiquae pp. 1-4 " Prioris Schedae Explicatio " pp. 5-16 and "Posterioris Schedae Explicatio" pp. 17-20 sig. NN in six and OO in four with a map entitled "Scheda Prior" on a separate leaf between pages 4 and 5 verso blank; sig. PP in one QQ-SS in twos TT in one VV in two XX in three YY-ZZ in twos AAA-BBB in ones and CCC-KKK in twos; and one leaf containing "Ad Lectorem" etc. on the recto and the colophon on the verso sig. LLL.</p><p><strong>Precious complete atlas in sumptuous contemporary colors and binding extremely rare. </strong></p><p>FR</p><p>Leiden; Amsterdam: Isaac Elzevir; Jodocus Hondius 1618-1619.</p><p>2 volumes in-folio : I/ 7 ff. dont 1 portrait de Petrus Bertius 253 pp. ; 1 f. ; II/ 28 cartes sur double-page 28 pp. 20 ff. 2 ff. ; 46 pp. 8 segments d'une carte répartis sur 4 double-pages 20 pp. 1 carte à pleine page entre les pp. 10 et 11 1 f. "<em>Abrahami Ortelii Geographise veteris Tabvlae aliquot</em>" en 35 ff. comprenant un faux-titre et</p><p>14 cartes sur double-page complet.</p><p>Plein vélin ivoire dos décorés et vernis plats du tome premier renouvelés. <em>Élégante Reliure de l'époque.</em></p><p>408 x 275 mm.</p><p><strong>A complete copy containing 28 double-page maps originally published by Mercator in 1578</strong> 19 maps 15 double-page of Ortelius' <em>Parergon</em> a folding map and the 4 double-page maps that make up the famous <em>Tabula Peutingeriana</em>. The <em>Tabula</em> reproduces the renown manuscript map of the XII century now preserved at the Albertina in Vienna which incorporates an original Roman road map of the third century printed for the first time in 1591 by Welser in Venice.</p><p><strong>Edition originale du " Theatrum Geographiae Veteris " fort célèbre et rarissime.</strong></p><p><strong>Exemplaire en superbe coloris de l'époque complet notamment de la carte dépliante de l'Égypte qui manque souvent de ce Ptolémée de 1618-1619 fort rare et considéré par le grand bibliographe Sabin comme</strong> " <em>An important and valuable work ".</em></p><p>" <strong>An important and valuable work containing 47 maps in all.</strong> The 28 maps in the first part are on double pages with one exception and were evidently printed from the same plates as those in the editions of 1578 1584 and 1605. They comprise the "<em>Vniversalis Tabvla ivxta Ptolemaeum</em>" ten of Europe five of Africa one of which is on a single leaf entitled "Appendix. III. Tabvlae Afr :" verso blank and twelve of Asia. The Peutingerian tables in 4 double-page plates were engraved and published for the first time nearly twenty years before and contain the imprint <em>Antverpiae è Typographeio nostro</em>. <em>Kal. Decemb</em>. In some copies the map "Scheda Prior" is accompanied by another entitled "Scheda Posterior" probably taken from another work.</p><p>The 14 maps of Ortelius comprise : <em>Evropa</em> sig. QQ; <em>Britannica Insvlae</em> RR; <em>Hispania</em> SS ; <em>Gallia Strabonis</em> VV ; <em>Belgivm</em> YY ; <em>Germania</em> 2.7. ; <em>Italia</em> CCC ; <em>Sicilia</em> DDD; <em>Dacia et Moesia</em> EEE; <em>Pontvs Evxinvs</em> FFF; <em>Thracia</em> GGG; <em>Graecia</em> HHH; <em>Africa Propria</em> III; and <em>Palaestina</em> KKK.</p><p>The backs of these maps and the intervening leaves contain the descriptive text. Most of them had been engraved for earlier editions of Ortelius's Atlas and some are dated 1590 1595 1596 1603 etc. In some copies the maps "<em>Britannicae Insvlae</em>" "<em>Hispania</em>" "<em>Germania</em>" "<em>Sicilia</em>" and "<em>Palaestina</em>" are slightly different and have the descriptive text on the backs in double columns and in larger type - perhaps taken from the 1624 edition of the "<em>Theatri Orbis Terrarvm Parergon</em>" of Ortelius. The portrait of Mercator is the same as in the edition of 1605. Brunet describes a copy in which the verso of the dedication leaf contained a portrait of Petrus Bertius. " Sabin</p><p><strong>Notre exemplaire comporte ce rare portrait de Petrus Bertius au verso de la dédicace à Louis XIII au début du premier volume.</strong></p><p>Collation : 2 preliminary leaves comprising the general title verso blank and the engraved title with a globe to the first volume verso blank no sig. ; the dedication to Louis XIII on one leaf with a portrait of Petrus Bertius on the back followed by the preface in 5 leaves sig. and in twos ; the Greek and Latin text in parallel columns pp. 1-253 verso blank followed by the title to the maps in Greek and Latin with verses on the back sig. A-X in sixes and Z in two ; 28 maps on 55 leaves mostly with descriptive text on the backs sig. A-Bb in twos and a single leaf between P and Q ; Mercator's annotations on the maps comprising the half title with portrait of Mercator on the verso and pp. 3-28 sig. Cc-Dd in sixes and Ee in two ; the " Index Locorum " etc. in 20 leaves sig. AA-CC in sixes and DD in two; the engraved title to the second volume verso blank; the "Itineraria dvo Antonini Pii" pp. 2 1-46 sig. DD3 in four EE-GG in sixes and HH in two; the "Tabulae Pevtingerianae" comprising 8 segments of a map in 4 double-page plates on 8 leaves with text on the backs sig. II-MM in twos ; the " Praefatio in fragmenta Tabulae itinerariae antiquae pp. 1-4 " Prioris Schedae Explicatio " pp. 5-16 and "Posterioris Schedae Explicatio" pp. 17-20 sig. NN in six and OO in four with a map entitled "Scheda Prior" on a separate leaf between pages 4 and 5 verso blank; sig. PP in one QQ-SS in twos TT in one VV in two XX in three YY-ZZ in twos AAA-BBB in ones and CCC-KKK in twos; and one leaf containing "Ad Lectorem" etc. on the recto and the colophon on the verso sig. LLL.</p><p><strong>Précieux atlas complet en somptueux coloris et reliure de l'époque d'une grande rareté.</strong></p> hardcover
1786019210<p>London UK: M. Sibley 1786. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 219pp; Handsomely rebound in textured maroon boards with gilt titling to spine boards square clean & bright previous owner's name to title page pages lightly age-toned text unmarked binding is tight VG condition. Scarce antique volume on astrology originally written in Greek by Claudius Ptolemy c. 100-170s AD a Greco-Roman mathematician astronomer astrologer geographer and music theorist. This edition translated by John Whalley 1653-1724 "professor of physic and astrology and others" but with a reputation as a notorious Irish quack. The original Greek title was Tetrabiblos the Latin title was Quadripartitum and the volume is also known as Apotelesmatika.</p> M. Sibley hardcover
1999Q-0935748962Sothebys Pubns 1999-12-30. paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Sothebys Pubns paperback
2012Q-145161652XAtria Books 2012-02-14. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Atria Books hardcover
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1985204502Franklin Center Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
198587932Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1985. Hardcover. Fine. 24 cm x 17 cm 1085 pp. Bound in full leather with AEG and ribbon insert. Moire end papers. This volume was published by The Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers as part of the 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Great Books of the Western World series. Includes Notes from the Editors pamphlet. The Franklin Library hardcover
1985332694Pennsylvania: Franklin Library 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The Great Books of the Western World. Franklin Library hardcover
19851342780Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 1085 pages; VG-; full genuine brown leather binding; spine paneled with bright gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear and soiling; all edges bright gilt; silk moire end papers; satin ribbon bookmark; pages clean; shelved Case 9 3/4. 1342780. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Franklin Library hardcover
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Y06M-00219Dover Publications. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Dover Publications unknown
1991P-09206Dover Publications 1991. Paperback. Fine. Translated by Edward Luther Stevenson with an introduction for this edition by Prof. Joseph Fischer. An unabridged republication of the work first published in an edition limited to 250 copies by the New York Public Library with the title GEOGRAPHY OF PTLOEMY. Clean unmarked and tight: a pristine copy. Dover Publications paperback
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