ptolemaeus mercator (2 résultats)

LeatherBound. Etat : NEW. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1584 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 302.

3 parties en 1 vol in-folio (410 x 280 mm) de: [2] ff. (titre gravé et enluminé et feuillet préliminaire) ; 106 pp. (nombreux schémas dans le texte) ; [16] ff. (index, 1 tableau sur pleine page) ; [5] ff. (f. blanc, titre, privilège et schéma gravé sur pleine page) ; 27 cartes sur double page en beaux coloris d'époque avec description de chacune au dos ; 1 carte dépliante avec description ; [15] ff. (index) ; [10] ff. (titre gravé, privilège, avis au lecteur et index) ; 23 cartes sur double page avec description de chacune au dos ; 1 carte à pleine page avec description. (Rares traces de mouillures, corps d'ouvrage frais). Plein veau XVIIe, dos à nerfs orné, titre de maroquin rouge, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches jaspées rouges. (Discrètes restaurations aux coiffes et aux coins) Première édition avec la traduction de la géographie de Ptolémée par Pirckheimer, éditée par Arnold Mylius, exemplaire avec 28 cartes en superbes coloris d époque. Gerard Mercator (1512-1594), surnommé par Ortelius "le Ptolémée de notre temps", gravait ces plaques de cuivre dans le cadre d'une cosmographie qu'il comptait publier en cinq volumes. Le temps et l'effort mis par Mercator dans sa révision de Geographia de Ptolémée faisaient partie d'un grand projet qui occupa la plus grande partie de sa vie. Mercator avait pour projet de produire un ouvrage donnant la géographie et l histoire des mondes antique et moderne. Sa carte générale Ptolémaïque est l'une des plus belles jamais produite. Les plaques de Mercator étaient si parfaites que 7 autres éditions en seront tirées. Adams P-2232; Sabin 66490; Koeman Me2; Shirley 139. 3 parts in 1 vol in-folio of: [2] ff. ; 106 pp. ; [16] ff. ; [5] ff. ; 27 maps on double page in beautiful period colors with description of each one on the back; 1 folding card with description; [15] ff. ; [10] ff. ; 23 maps on double page with description of each one on the back; 1 full-page map with description. 17th century calf, decorated ribbed spine, red morocco title, gilt roulette on the cuts, red marbled edges. (Discreet restorations to the caps and corners). First edition, with the translation of the geography of Ptolemy by Pirckheimer, edited by Arnold Mylius, copy with the 27 maps in beautiful contemporary colors. Gerard Mercator (1512-1594), named by Ortelius "the Ptolemy of our time", engraved these copper-plates as part of a cosmography that he intended to publish in five volumes. Mercator's time and effort in revising Ptolemy's Geographia was part of a larger project that occupied most of his life. Mercator's plan was to produce a work on the geography and history of the ancient and modern worlds. His general Ptolemaic map is one of the most beautiful ever produced. The plates of Mercator were so perfect that 7 other editions were made with them. [bound with Mecator Galliae Tabule Geographicae. 24 engraved maps].