Cosmographiae uniuersalis lib. VI. : in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur : omniu[m] habitabilis orbis partiu[m] situs, propriae[que] dotes, regionum topographicae effigies ... item omnium gentium mores, leges, religio ... atque memorabilium in hunc usque annum 1554 gestarum rerum historia / autore Sebast. Munstero.
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Title
Cosmographiae uniuersalis lib. VI. : in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur : omniu[m] habitabilis orbis partiu[m] situs, propriae[que] dotes, regionum topographicae effigies ... item omnium gentium mores, leges, religio ... atque memorabilium in hunc usque annum 1554 gestarum rerum historia / autore Sebast. Munstero.
Uniform title
Cosmographia. Latin
Created/published
Basileae : Apud Henrichum Petri, mense Septemb. 1554.
Description
[24], 1,162, [2] p., 14 leaves of plates : ill., maps, port., plans ; 31 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. author.
Manuel, Hans Rudolf, 1525-1571.
Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579, printer.
Binder, binder.
Manuel, Hans Rudolf, 1525-1571.
Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579, printer.
Binder, binder.
Note
Translation of: Cosmographia. Beschreibung aller Lender.
Imprint from colophon, which may have been supplied from another copy or ed.
Signatures: [ ]⁶, *⁶, a-e⁸, f², g⁴, h-k⁶, l⁸, m-n², o⁶, p⁸, q-r⁴, s-z⁸, A-B⁸, C⁶, D², E⁸, F⁶, G-M⁴·², N-O⁸, P⁶, Q-R², S⁴, T-V², X-Y⁴, Z⁶, Aa-Bb², Cc⁸, Dd², Ee-Gg⁸, Hh⁴, Ii⁸, Kk⁶, Ll⁴, Mm², Nn-Oo⁸, Pp-Ss⁴·², Tt⁴, Vu⁶, Xx⁴, Yy², Zz⁸, AA-BB², CC⁸, DD⁴, EE-FF⁸, GG⁴, HH-KK⁸, LL⁴, MM-QQ⁸, RR⁴, SS-Fff⁸, Ggg⁶, Hhh⁸.
Woodcut title page border, compartmentalized, showing secular and Christian spiritual rulers of the "known" world, four Asian rulers and the world of the latest discoveries. On title page verso, port. of Sebastian Münster. Title border and ill. by Hans Rudolf Manuel and other artists. Cf. Hollstein VI, p. 205-206.
Errors in pagination. Some plates counted in numbering, others omitted.
The 14 plates of maps are printed on double leaves.
Three folding views: the first found between pages 480 and 481 is unnumbered; the second and third between pages 614 and 619, and 680 and 685 are numbered 615-618, and 681-684 and are signed Mm2-4 and Tt3-5.
Includes index.
Imprint from colophon, which may have been supplied from another copy or ed.
Signatures: [ ]⁶, *⁶, a-e⁸, f², g⁴, h-k⁶, l⁸, m-n², o⁶, p⁸, q-r⁴, s-z⁸, A-B⁸, C⁶, D², E⁸, F⁶, G-M⁴·², N-O⁸, P⁶, Q-R², S⁴, T-V², X-Y⁴, Z⁶, Aa-Bb², Cc⁸, Dd², Ee-Gg⁸, Hh⁴, Ii⁸, Kk⁶, Ll⁴, Mm², Nn-Oo⁸, Pp-Ss⁴·², Tt⁴, Vu⁶, Xx⁴, Yy², Zz⁸, AA-BB², CC⁸, DD⁴, EE-FF⁸, GG⁴, HH-KK⁸, LL⁴, MM-QQ⁸, RR⁴, SS-Fff⁸, Ggg⁶, Hhh⁸.
Woodcut title page border, compartmentalized, showing secular and Christian spiritual rulers of the "known" world, four Asian rulers and the world of the latest discoveries. On title page verso, port. of Sebastian Münster. Title border and ill. by Hans Rudolf Manuel and other artists. Cf. Hollstein VI, p. 205-206.
Errors in pagination. Some plates counted in numbering, others omitted.
The 14 plates of maps are printed on double leaves.
Three folding views: the first found between pages 480 and 481 is unnumbered; the second and third between pages 614 and 619, and 680 and 685 are numbered 615-618, and 681-684 and are signed Mm2-4 and Tt3-5.
Includes index.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992-1993. New World of Wonders (catalog entry 10)
Cited/described in
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVI. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), M6717
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, M1910
Burmeister, K.H. Sebastian Münster, 89
Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, M1910
Burmeister, K.H. Sebastian Münster, 89
Place of creation/publication
Switzerland -- Basel.
Item Details
Call number
G113 .M7 1554 Cage
Folger-specific note
Folger copy imperfect: leaves [ ]1, [ ]3, [ ]4, Ll2, Ll3, LL2 and LL3 lacking. [ ]1 replaced by title page from a previous ed. with identical t.p. border, title reading: Cosmographiae uniuersalis Lib. VI ... Item regum & principum genealogiae Autore Sebast. Munstero. Gathering Hhh may have been supplied from another copy or ed. 16th cent. pigskin binding, blind stamped, with 2 clasps; clasps and spine repaired.