Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Title:
In hoc opere haec continentur Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimis uiris utriusq[ue] linguae doctiss. eme[n]data, & cu[m] archetypo Graeco ab ipsis collata / schemata cu[m] demonstrationibus suis correcta a Marco Beneuentano monacho caelestino & Ioanne Cotta Veronensi uiris mathematicis consultissimis ; figura de proiectione spherae in plano quae in libro octauo desiderabatur ab ipsis no[n]dum instaurata sed fere ad inuenta eius. n. uestigia in nullo etiam Graeco codice extabant ; maxima quantitas dier[um] ciuitatu[m], & distantiae locor[um] ab Alexa[n]dria Aegypti cuiusq[ue] ciuitatis quae in alijs codicibus no[n] erant ; planisphaerium Cl. Ptolemaei recognitu[m] & diligentiss. emendatum a Marco Benuentano ... ; noua orbis descriptio ac nuoa oceani nauigatio qua Lisbona ad Indicu[m] peruenitur pelagus Marco Benuentano ... aedita ; noua & uniuersalior orbis tabula Ioa[n]. Ruysch ... elaborata ; sex tabulae nouiter confectae uidelicet Liuoniae, Hyspaniae, Galliae, Germaniae, Italiae, & Iudeae.
Alternate Title(s):
In hoc opere haec continentvr Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimis uiris utrius[que] linguae doctiss. eme[n]data, & cu[m] archetypo Graeco ab ipsis collata
Published / Created:
Rome : Nouiter impressum per Bernardinu[m] Venetu[m] de Vitalibus : Expe[n]sis Eua[n]gelista Tosino Brixiano Bibliopola ..., anno Virginei partus 1508.
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([284] pages, [68] leaves of plates) : illustrations, 34 maps ; 43 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scales differ.
Notes:
BEIN 1975 and 1977: Second state of the Ruysch map. (Mixed Eames I and II)
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Subject Terms:
Geography, Ancient. | Cosmography -- Early works to 1800. | Fürstlich Liechtenstein'sche Fideikommiss Bibliothek (Vienna, Austria) -- Bookplate (BEIN 1975 Folio 65) | Stöterogge, Nikolaus -- Presentation inscription, 1558 (BEIN 1975 Folio 65) | Guerrinius, Pamphilus -- Inscription (BEIN 1977 Folio 132) | Pesaro family -- Ownership.
Form/Genre:
Atlases. | World atlases. | Engravings. | Woodcuts.
Contributors:
Marcus, de Benevento. | D'Angelo, Jacopo. | Cotta, Giovanni, 1480 or 1482–1510. | Ruysch, Johannes, -1533. | Vitali, Bernardino dei, active 1494–1539, printer.