Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598

Title:

Abrahami Ortelii Antverpiani Synonymia geographica, sive Populorum, regionum, insularum, urbium, opidorum, montium, promontoriorum, silvarum, pontium, marium, sinuum, lacuum, paludum, fluviorum, fontium, &c. variae pro auctorum traditionibus, saeculorum intervallis, gentiúmque idiomatis & migrationibus, appellationes & nomina : opus non tantùm geographis, sed etiam historiae & poëseos studiosis vtile ac necessarium.

Alternate Title(s):

Synonymia geographica

Published / Created:

Antverpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, architypographi regij, MDLXXVIII [1578]

Physical Description:

[8], 417, [3] pages ; 23 cm (4to)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
G107.O78 A27 1578
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Later editions published as: Thesaurus geographicus.

Includes references to America in entries for "Atlantis insula" (p. 45), "India" (p. 175), "Oceanus Atlanticus" (p. 230-231) & "Ophir" (p. 235).

Signatures: [dagger]⁴ A-Z⁴ a-z⁴ 2A-2E⁴ 2F⁶.

Last page blank.

Errata statement on page [8].

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 578/61

Colophon on final leaf: "Antverpiae excudebat Christophorus Plantinus, architypographus regius, anno domini M.D. LXXVIII. prid. kal. Augusti."

BAC G107.O78 A27 1578: Bound in contemporary vellum. Autograph: Wm. Henderson. Bookplate: Thomas R. Taylor.

An alphabetical list of Latin place names with their locations, with an appended list of names in the vernacular with Latin forms.

Subject Terms:

Names, Geographical -- Early works to 1800. | Geography -- Early works to 1800. | Taylor, Thomas R. -- Bookplate. | Henderson, William -- Autograph.

Contributors:

Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520–1589, printer, publisher.