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Rudimentorum cosmographicorum Ioan.Honteri Coronensis libri III.cum tabellis geographicis elegantissimis : De uariarum rerum nomenclaturis classes, liber I.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Latin Publication details: Tiguri : apud Froschouerum, Anno, M. D. XLIX. [1549]Description: [40] leaves : ill., maps ; 16 cm. (16mo)Uniform titles:
  • Rudimenta cosmographica.
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List(s) this item appears in: Ashby Rare Books Collection
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Printed Books British School at Rome Closed Access Material S.096.5.49.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not For Loan 201501118300BSR

leaves a-d4 contain geograhical maps (some on two pages each and printed on adjacent versos and rectos), with proper title-page: "Circuli spherae cum V. zonis ".

Originally published under title: Rudimentorum cosmographiae libri duo. Cracow, 1530.

Another issue, published previously in the same year 1548, has title: Rudimenta cosmographica.

Title vignette: Printer's device.

In verse.

Signatures: A-D⁸ a-d⁴ (A1 verso, D7-D8, d3-d4 blank).

Includes section of woodcuts, consisting of 3 illustrations and 13 maps, all unnumbered (p.[65-92], a1-d2). 12 of these maps cover two pages each and are printed on adjacent versos and rectos (p.[68/69-90/91]).

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