MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Books Internet Archive
Record
Author:
Cellarius, Christoph, 1638-1707.
Author (contributor):
German Americana Digitization Project (John Carter Brown Library)
Author (contributor):
Bibliothek der Mecklenburgischen Ritter und Landschaft. former owner.
Title:
Notitia orbis antiqui, siue Geographia plenior, : ab ortu rerumpublicarum ad Constantinorum tempora orbis terrarum faciem declarans. /
Publisher:
Impensis Gleditsch senioris
Begin Publication Date:
1701
MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991018970959706966
Permanent Call Number:
1-SIZE J701 .C393n
Statistics Note 1 (Accession Number):
STAT_NOTE_1_ACCESSION #: 75-170
Uniform Resource Identifier:
https://archive.org… https://archive.org…
Subjects:
Geography.
Subjects:
Geography, Ancient.
Subjects:
Atlantis (Legendary place)
Subjects:
America--Civilization--Classical influences.
Subjects:
Imprint 1701.
Subjects:
Imprint 1706.
General Note:
Volume 1 includes "Geographia antiqua"; Title page of volume 2 reads: Notitiae orbis antiqvi, sive Geographiae plenioris tomus alter Asiam et Africam antiquam exponens and has imprint: Lipsiae, impensis GleditschI senioris, M DCC VI.; "Notitiae orbis antiqvi sive Geographiae plenioris pars III et vltima, hoc est Africa antiqva", v. 2, p. [2-3], 1-254, 3rd and 4th counts, has divisional title page.; "Additamentvm de Novo orbe, an cognitvs fverit veteribvs", v. 2, p. 251-254, 4th count, contains a discussion of whether America was not known already as Atlantis as discussed in Plato's Timaeus and Critias.; Pagination: v. 1: [18], 1332, [64] p., [22] leaves of plates (21 folded); v. 2: [16], 889, [3], 254, [62] p., [13] folded leaves of plates.; Signatures: v. 1: a⁴ (-a4) (a1 verso blank) b⁴ c² A-8N⁴ 8O²; v. 2: a-b⁴ (a1 verso blank) A-5T⁴ 5U² (-5U2) *A⁴ (-*A4) (*A1 verso blank) *B-*2R⁴; Errata: v. 1, p. 1332, 2nd count; v. 2, p. [62], 5th count.; Includes indexes.; Engraved printer's vignette on title pages; head and tail pieces; initials.
Local Note:
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full vellum over boards.; John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Metcalf Fund.; Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: E biblioteca ordinum provincialium ducatus megapolitani Rostochiensi: book plates on front pastedowns; Bibliothek d[er] Mecklenb[urgischen] Ritter u[nd]Landschaft: book stamp on versos of title pages.
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