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Claudius Ptolemaeus
Category
Books
Date
1578 (1584-1578)
Materials
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3019615
Summary
Bibliographic description
90p., plates . diagrams, maps . fol.. Imperfect: fragments only (mostly index), no title-page or much text. Calf.- Leaves present are signed as follows: (?)2, (?)(?)2 [these 2 cognate!], [ ](single leaf), a-h(in 2).. Provenance: Signature on pastedown: Henry C. Cust [= Canon the Hon. Henry Cockayne Cust (1780-1861), brother of 1st earl Brownlow]. Bookplates: (1)Revd. Holt Oakes, D.D. (armorial); (2) unidentified, probably European, with romantic armorial design.
Makers and roles
Claudius Ptolemaeus Gerardus Mercator (Rupelmonde 1512 -Duisburg 1594) Andreas Mylius Bilibaldus Pirckheimer