Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augmentum sive occidentis notitia. Brevi commentario illustrata, et hac secunda editione magna sui parte aucta.

WYTFLIET, Cornelius

Verlag: Printed in Louvain: Gerard Rivius, 1598

Beschreibung

Engraved title-page and 19 double-page engraved maps: a double-hemisphere world map and 18 regional maps of the Americas. With a beautiful contemporary vellum binding. A very nice copy of the second edition of the FIRST ATLAS OF AMERICA. Small folio (11.6 x 7.9 inches). Cornelis Wytfliet, secretary to the Council of Brabant, called his atlas of the New World a supplement to Ptolemy's GEOGRAPHY. The book is dedicated to King Philip III of Spain, and is covering the history of the first European encounters with the New World, its geography, and natural history. Wyfliet used as his source the works of Acosta, Hakluyt, de Bry and Ramusio. Wytfliet s "Descriptionis" was the first separately published atlas with all the maps entirely devoted to America. Koeman, Wyt 2; Philips 3645; Sabin 105697. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1553782013377

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augmentum sive ...

Verlag: Printed in Louvain: Gerard Rivius

Erscheinungsdatum: 1598

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 2nd Edition