Cosmographiae Introdvctio / Cvm Qvibvsdam / Geometriae / Ac / Astrono / miae Principiis / Ad Eam Dem [sic] Necessariis. / Insuper quatuor Americi Vespucii / nauigationes

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Cosmographiae Introdvctio / Cvm Qvibvsdam / Geometriae / Ac / Astrono / miae Principiis / Ad Eam Dem [sic] Necessariis. / Insuper quatuor Americi Vespucii / nauigationes

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Names: Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519 (Author); Boulengier, Louis (Attributed name); Ringmann, Matthias, 1481 or 2-1510 (Attributed name)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1517 (Questionable); Place: Lyons; Publisher: Jean de La Place; Issuance: monographic
Library locations: Rare Book Division; Shelf locator: *KB 1517 (Waldseemüller, M. Cosmographiae Introdvctio / Cvm Qvibvsdam / Geometriae)
Topics: Geography; America -- Discovery and exploration
Genres: Books; Maps; Prints; Illustrations
Notes: Citation/reference: Sabin 101023; Citation/reference: Harrisse BAV 63; Citation/reference: JCB, 1919, I, 69; Citation/reference: Marcel, G.A. Louis Boulengier d'Albi. Paris, 1890; Colophon, leaf 33a: ... Impressa per Iohãnem de la Place. / ...; Roman type; 38 lines.; Signatures: A-B⁴, C¹, D-F⁸. Sig. F₁ wrongly marked f.; Statement of responsibility: Purports to be by Louis Boulengier.--cf. his dedication to Jacques Robertet, bp. of Albi, and "Io. Descolis medicine professor lectoribus, S.P.D.," leaf 2. The dedication to Emperor Maximilian by the Gymnase vosgien, copied from previous editions, has been altered slightly but is still dated St. Dié 1507.; Date: Probably published between Nov. 22, 1517 and May 26, 1518 when the dedicatee was bishop of Albi. It may have been published as early as August 1515 when the preceding bishop died designating Robertet as his successor. It has also been described as a 1507 or 1510 edition.; Statement of responsibility: Also attributed to M. Ringmann.; Conservation history: "The map and plates, which were engraved on copper, have been removed from the volume and are mounted separately." (Harrisse 63; Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 3 (1899), p. 12); Content: Title and 8 lines of verse: Cosmographiae Introdvctio / Cvm Qvibvsdam / Geometriae / Ac / Astrono / miae Principiis / Ad Eam Dem [sic] Necessariis. / Insuper quatuor Americi Vespucii / nauigationes. / Vniuersalis Chosmographiæ [sic] descriptio / tam in solido q[uam] plano/ eis etiam / insertis quæ Ptholomæo / ignota a nuperis / reperta sunt. / Ad Dominvm Iacobvm. / Robertetvm./
Physical Description: Extent: 33 l. diagrs. (1 fold.) 20 cm. (4to.).; Engravings
Type of Resource: Cartographic; Text; Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14353394; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 71e70b20-b732-0130-39cb-58d385a7bbd0