1562 PTOLEMY GEOGRAPHY antique GEOGRAPHIA CL. PTOLEMAEI ILLUSTRATED 16th CENTURY

GEOGRAPHIA CL. PTOLEMAEI
ALEXANDRINI
Olim a Bilibaldo Pirckheimherio traslata, at nunc multis codicibus graecis collata, pluribusque in locis ad pristinam ueritatem redacta

a Josepho Moletio mathematico.

Addita sunt in primum, et septimum librum amplssima ejusdem commentaria, quibus omnia, quae ad geographiam attinent, et quae paetermissa sunt a Ptolemaeo declarantur ...

Adsunt LXIIII. Tabuae XXVII. nempe antiqae, et reliqae noae ...
Indices rerum quæ tractantur copiosissimi.


by PTOLEMY, Claudio and MOLETO, Giuseppe

Vincentim Valgrisium: Venice; 1562

(Geography of Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria,
formerly translated by Bilibaldus Pirckheimer,
now compared with many Greek manuscripts, restored to its original truth in many places)



Completed in 2 parts in 1 volume 


[4] lvs., 112 pp., 286 pp., [31] pp. (index)


LACKS MAPS

 Illustrated with woodcuts in the text (pls see scans attached)

19th century half-morocco binding, spine with false raised bands.


Wear of binding, some occasional dampstains.

Size 6.5 by 9 inches

Text in Latin
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Claudius Ptolemy (in Latin Claudius Ptolemaeus), commonly known as Ptolemy (Ptolemy of Thebes (Upper Egypt)), was born around 100 and died around 168 in Canopus.
He was a Greek astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, and geographer who lived in Alexandria (Egypt).
He is also one of the precursors of geography. His life is poorly documented. His cognomen Ptolemaeus seems to indicate Greco-Egyptian origins, and his nomen Claudius indicates Roman citizenship.

Ptolemy is the author of several scientific treaties, two of which had a great influence on Western and Eastern sciences. One is the treatise on astronomy, now known as the Almagest, and the other is Geography, which is a synthesis of the geographical knowledge of the Greco-Roman world.
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