Name: Geography of Claudius Ptolemy translated into English and edited by Edward Luther Stevenson with an introduction by Joseph Fischer

Barcode: 13515

Image Number: 13515

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/13515.0001

Author: New York Public LibraryPtolemy, active 2nd century

Publishing Location: New York

Notes: Translation of the Geographia and dedication of the 1460 ms. ed. (Codex Ebnerianus, now in the New York Public Library) prepared by Donnus Nicholas [Nicolaus] Germanus. Translation "based upon Greek and Latin manuscripts and important late fifteenth and early sixteenth century printed editions." Limited ed. of 250 copies. USM copy no. 129. Includes full size reproductions of maps and accompanying descriptive text from the Codex Ebnerianus and reproductions of two maps from 16th cent. printed eds. of the Geographia: the Ruysch world map (from the 1508 ed.), and the Lorenz Fries world map (from the 1522 ed.).

Date Produced: 1932

Language: English

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Physical Description: 1 atlas: (xvi, 167, [57] leaves of plates), illustrations, maps

LC Call Number: G1005 1460 .S7 1932

OCLC: 28583003

Accession Number: OML-1932-78