Enchiridion cosmographiae
continens præcipuarum orbis regionum delineationes, elegantissimis tabulis expressas, solidisq[ue]; declarationibus illustratas, carmine heroico, libris tribus
by Johannes Honter
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First published under this title, Zurich, 1597.
Originally published under title: Rudimentorum cosmographiae libri duo. Cracow, 1530.
Title vignette, with inscription: Christus pacificator noster. Esa. II.
In verse.
Signatures: A-C⁸ D⁴ a-d⁴ (A1 verso, D4, d3-d4 blank)
Includes section of woodcuts, consisting of 3 illustrations and 13 maps, all unnumbered (p.[57-84], a1-d2). 12 of these maps cover two pages and are printed on adjacent versos and rectos (p.[60/61-82/83])
World map, dated Tiguri, 1596, bears monogram of Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder and includes America [=South America], while North America is designated as "Parias" (p.[60])
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 602/47.
Borsa, G. Die Ausgaben der "Cosmographia" von Johannes Honter, 96.
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary vellum.
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