Claudii Ptolemei viri Alexandrini mathematic[ae] disciplin[ae] philosophi doctissimi Geographi[ae] opus nouissima traductione e Gr[ae]corum archetypis castigatissime pressum, c[ae]teris ante lucubratorum multo pr[ae]stantius ...

Geographia. Latin

Pressus hic Ptolem[ae]us Argentin[ae] : Vigilantissima castigatione, industriaq[ue] Ioannis Schotti urbis indigen[ae], anno Christi Opt. Max. MDXIII. Marcii XII. [1513]

[2], 5-60, [31] leaves (last leaf blank), [92] leaves of plates : ill., 47 maps ; 45 cm (fol.)

Translated by Jacopo d'Angelo.
Imprint from colophon.
Date precedes place of publication on colophon.
"This ... edition was commenced by ... Martin Waltzemüller ... about the year 1505 ... The modern maps were prepared by Waltzemüller, and most of them--perhaps all--engraved as early as 1507. The completion of the text, however, was delayed; and in 1508 all of the material passed into the hands of Jacobus Eszler and Georgius Ubelin ... who edited and finally published the work in 1513."--Sabin.
The first two of the modern maps have interest as Americana. "The first ... includes an outline of the northeastern part of the South American continent ... the islands Isabella and Spagnolla, and another fragmentary coast line ... The other ('Tabvla Terre Nove') is one of the earliest printed maps devoted entirely to the new world."--Sabin.
Signatures: [A]² B-L⁶ M⁴ N⁶ chi1 a⁶ b⁴ c⁶.
Hand colored maps; map of Lorraine printed in black, red, and brown.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992-1993. New World of Wonders (catalog entry 1)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2009-2010. Imagining China.

Murray, C.F. Early German books, 348
Sabin 66478

France -- Strasbourg.

G87.P8 L3 1513 Cage (folio)

In later mottled sheep over wooden boards. Autograph on t.p.: Jo. Antonij Magini. Final blank leaf wanting.