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Main Author: Ptolemy, active 2nd century (Author)

Corporate Author: New York Public Library.

Other Authors: Ptolemy, active 2nd century., Fischer, Joseph, 1858-1944., Nicolaus Germanus, active 15th century., Stevenson, Edward Luther, 1858-1944.

Format: Book

Language: English
Greek
Latin

Published: Mineola, N.Y. : Toronto : London : Dover ; General Pub. Co. ; Constable, 1991.

Subjects:

Ptolemy, > active 2nd century. > Geographia.
Atlases > Early works to 1800.
Early maps > Facsimiles.
Geography > Early works to 1800.
Geography, Ancient > Maps.
Manuscripts, Latin > Facsimiles.

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Call Number: G87 .P7 1991

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Description
Item Description:"Translation based upon ... Latin and Greek texts" [and later editions] -- P. xiii.
At head of title : Claudius Ptolemy
Includes reproductions of maps and some 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.)
Translation of the Geographia and dedication of the 1460 ms. ed. (Codex Ebnerianus) prepared by Donnus Nicholas [Nicolaus] Germanus.
Unabridged republication in reduced dimensions of the limited ed. : Geography of Claudius Ptolemy. New York : New York Public Library, 1932.
Physical Description:1 atlas (xvi, 167, ca. 121 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm.
ISBN:0486268969