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Title

  • Luculentissima quaeda[m] terrae totius descriptio: cu[m] multis vtilissimis cosmographiæ iniciis. Nouaq, & q[ue] ante fuit verior Europæ nostræ formatio.

Names

  • Schöner, Johann, 1477-1547.
  • Stuchs, Georg, -1520, printer.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Early Printing Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Noribergæ, Impressum i[n] excusoria officina I. Stuchssen, 1515]

Headings

  • -  Physical geography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Germany--Nuremberg

Notes

  • -  Signatures: a⁸, b⁶, A-B⁸, C-G⁴, H-K⁸, L⁶.
  • -  Leaf 23 numbered 32.
  • -  Errata slip inserted.
  • -  "De America qvarta irbis par te cum aliis nouis insulis appositis (leaves 60-62) relate to America. "The author follows the suggestion made by Waldseemüller, in 1507, and calls this fourth part of the world America or Amerigen. Schöner's book is probably the second, after the various editions of the Cosmographiae Introductio, to contain the word America."--Church 37.
  • -  Compiled to accompany Schöner's globe which he made in 1515.
  • -  BAV 80; JCB 49; Sabin 77804.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 628
  • -  Rosenwald Collection (1954 ed.) 448
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LAC scc 2019-06-21 no edits (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-06-24 no edits (1 card)
  • -  GB51.S3 Copy 2 (Early Printing) formerly shelved under: G113.S35 Copy 1 (Early Printing). LAC ecr 2019-06-24

Medium

  • [14] p. l., 65 l. illus., tables, diagrs., plates. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GB51 .S3
  • GB51 .S3 Copy 2 Copy 2. Imperfect: wanting first 14 prelim. leaves. Without errata slip.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 50045647

OCLC Number

  • 11288458

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Schöner, Johann, Georg Stuchs, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Early Printing Collection. Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio: cum multis vtilissimis cosmographiæ iniciis. Nouaq, & que ante fuit verior Europæ nostræ formatio. [Noribergæ, Impressum in excusoria officina I. Stuchssen, 1515] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/50045647/.

APA citation style:

Schöner, J., Stuchs, G., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Early Printing Collection. (1515) Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio: cum multis vtilissimis cosmographiæ iniciis. Nouaq, & que ante fuit verior Europæ nostræ formatio. [Noribergæ, Impressum in excusoria officina I. Stuchssen] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/50045647/.

MLA citation style:

Schöner, Johann, et al. Luculentissima quaedam terrae totius descriptio: cum multis vtilissimis cosmographiæ iniciis. Nouaq, & que ante fuit verior Europæ nostræ formatio. [Noribergæ, Impressum in excusoria officina I. Stuchssen, 1515] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/50045647/>.