Cosmographiæ uniuersalis

Collection Data

Names
Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552 (Auctioneer)
Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579 (Printer)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1550
Place: Basileæ
Publisher: Apvd Henrichhvm Petri
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KB+ 1550 (Münster, S. Cosmographiæ uniuersalis)
Topics
Geography
Early maps
America -- Discovery and exploration
Genres
Maps
Notes
Citation/reference: Sabin 51379
Citation/reference: Hantzsch, p. 11-122
Statement of responsibility: Lib. VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur, Omniũ habitabilis orbis partiũ situs, ppriǽq[ue] dotes. Regionum Topographicæ effigies. Terræ ingenia, quibus fit ut tam differẽtes & uarias specie res, & animatas & inanimatas, ferat. Animalium peregrinorum naturæ & picturæ. Nobiliorum ciuitatum icones & descriptiones. Regnorum initia, incrementa & translationes. Omnium gentiũ mores, leges, religio, res gestæ, mutationes: Item regum & principum genealogiæ. Autore Sebast. Munstero.
Content: Title within historiated border. Portrait of the author on verso of t.-p. Printer's mark on verso of last leaf. Some woodcuts signed with monograms (cf. Hantzsch, p. 66), a few dated.
Content: Paging irregular: sig. X (between p. 474 and 475) and sig. Y (incl. 4 page view, between p. 480 and 481) unpaged; sig. M (incl. 4 page view, between p. 614 and 169) numbered 615-618; the 4 extra leaves in sig. Tt (presumably incl. 4 page view, between p. 680 and 685) numbered 681-684.
Content: "De Novis Insvlis, quomodo, quando & per quem illæ inuentæ sint," p. 1099-1113 [i.e. 1119-1133]
Acquisition: Astor.
Physical Description
Extent: 12 p. l., 14 double maps, 1162 [i.e. 1182] p., 1 l. incl. diagrs. : illus. (part double, incl. coats of arms, maps, plans, ports.) 32.5 cm. (fol.)
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 3759074
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14368620
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 702b25c0-005a-013f-7701-0242ac110003
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