[Geographia vniuersalis, . complectens C. Ptolemaei Alexandrini enarrationis libros VIII].
Claudius Ptolemaeus
Category
Books
Date
1540
Materials
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3092844
Summary
Bibliographic description
[56], 155, [1]; [20] p., 48 double leaves of maps . fol... Imperfect: Lacks aa1,4, A1 (replaced with a second copy of A2), H6, all maps before 19 and after 28, all text leaves after N6. Maps bound after H5; 19-20 after 22.. Provenance: manuscript inscription: Tho: & Isabella Hervey [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)]. Marginalia in sixteenth or early seventeenth century hand.. Binding: Seventeenth or early eighteenth century quarter calf binding; marbled paper boards.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Claudius Ptolemaeus Sebastian Münster (1489-1552)