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Ancient Geography, Latin Manuscripts, Facsmiles, Atlases, Maps, Early works to 1800, Facsimiles, Early mapsPeople
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Geography of Claudius Ptolemy
December 1970, Ams Pr Inc
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0404051480 9780404051488
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Edition Notes
"Introduction" signed Jos. Fischer S.J.
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."
"Two hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed on Charing handmade paper ..."--cf. colophon.
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.).
Phillips, 5911.
WSU MASC copy is no. 77.
WSU MASC copy came with postcard and TLS from E. L. Stevenson to W. W. Foote.
WSU MASC copy is: 002-103519443.
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