COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Books Internet Archive
Record
Author:
Solinus, C. Julius, active 3rd century?
Author (contributor):
German Digitization Project (John Carter Brown Library)
Author (contributor):
Murphy, Henry Cruse, 1810-1882
Author (contributor):
Apian, Peter, 1495-1552.
Author (contributor):
Camers, Joannes, 1447-1546.
Title:
Ioannis Camertis Minoritani, artium, et sacrae theologiae doctoris, In C[aii] Iulii Solini Polyistora enarrationes. : Additus eiusdem Camertis index, tum literarum ordine, tum rerum notabiliu[m] copia, perco[m]modus studiosis.
Publisher:
impensis honesti Lucae Alantse ciuis & bibliopolæ Viennensis; per Ioannem Singrenium
Begin Publication Date:
1520
MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991008779319706966
Permanent Call Number:
1-SIZE A520 .S686i
Statistics Note 1 (Accession Number):
STAT_NOTE_1_ACCESSION #: 07831
Subjects:
Solinus, C. Julius,--active 3rd century?
Subjects:
Geography, Ancient.
Subjects:
Geography.
Subjects:
America--Maps.
Subjects:
Imprint 1520.
General Note:
"Polyistora" in title transliterated from Greek.; Imprint from colophon on p. [3], 3rd count.; Date precedes place, printer and publisher on title page.; Originally published under title: Iulii Solini De situ et memorabilibus orbis capitula, in Venice, 1473.; Consists of text, headed: Iulii Solini Polyhistor, and commentary by Ioannes Camers (the latter printed in smaller type); Contains life of Solinus, by Joannes Camers on p. [14-15], 1st count.; Title surrounded by illustrative border, with medallion at bottom, signed: L A [=Lucas Alantse]; publisher's name is followed by device, signed: L A and also: Lucas Alantse. Printer's device on p. [36], 3rd count, signed: Ioannes Singrenius calcographus Viennensis.; Signatures: pi⁸ a⁴ b-z⁶ A-E⁶ F⁴ 2a-2b⁶ 2c⁴ (F4 verso, 2c4 blank); Errors in paging: p. 137 misnumbered 139.; Errata: p. [1-2], 3rd count.; Includes index.; The world map, by Peter Apian, includes North and South America as two disjunct continents; South America is designated as "America", and North America as "Vlteri[us] terra incognita". The map may also have been issued separately, according to Shirley.
Local Note:
John Carter Brown Library copy 1 imperfect: map is in facsimile.; John Carter Brown Library copy has text on p. [5], 1st count, 3rd line from the bottom reading: "Nouemecclesiensis"; John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has text on p. [5], 1st count, 3rd line from the bottom, corrected by a small cancellans pasteover "Quinq[ue]" to result in "Quinqueecclesiensis"; John Carter Brown Library copy 2 acquired as a gift of Henry Cruse Murphy of Brooklyn, New York.