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PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius; translated by ANGELUS, Jacobus, and edited by Nicolaus GERMANUS 
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Cosmographia., 1482 Ulm, Lienhart Holle, 16 July 1482. Folio (428 by 310mm), 102 leaves, double- column, 44 lines and headline, Gothic letter, 32 double-page woodcut maps with fine original hand-colour, 4 woodcut diagrams in the text, 2 large illuminated historiated initials, one showing Donnus Nicolaus presenting his book to Pope Paul II, the other of Ptolemy, 159 other woodcut initials coloured in red, green and ochre, paragraph marks and initial-strokes supplied in ochre, tear to d6, and repaired tear to the map ‘Tertia Africa’, some dampstaining and discolouration throughout, including spotting affecting the final three maps, skilful reinforcement to weakened lower page corners on maps, single leaf free endpaper bearing ownership inscription; re- cased in contemporary doeskin over clasped oak boards, joints reinforced with vellum waste, remnants of one clasp remaining. [Bound after]: ‘Registrum’ from Johannes Reger’s 1486 edition of Ptolemy’s “Cosmographia”, decorated with 17 5- and 6-line manuscript initials in red and blue, 30 leaves bound in 6s (not 8s as is usually the case); 9 leaves in the ‘registrum’ uncut, tear to d6. Collation: [Registrum]: a-d(6), e(5); [Cosmographia]: [i], a10, b-g8, h11, 32 maps. Watermark: Late fifteenth century Italian watermark of a flower with 7 petals throughout, with the exception of the front endpaper/’initial blank’, which bears the watermark of an upper case letter ‘B’ on a crowned shield. These were used by the le Bé family of Troyes, in this case ‘Ioane le Bé’. Three members of the Troyenne papermaking le Bé family bore the Christian name ‘Jean’: Jean I started his business in 1406. Jean II owned two paper mills around the 1470s, and Jean III lived in Troye in the first half of the 16th century. The le Bé family were accredited papermaker for the Université de Paris from 1520 onwards.
The world Columbus knew – Ptolemy’s Second Projection, and the first map signed by its author
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