Subject: References, Facsimile Atlas
Period: 1966 (published)
Publication:
Color: Black & White
Size:
12.1 x 17.7 inches
30.7 x 45 cm
Cosmographia Roma 1478 is from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Series of Atlases in Facsimile Second Series - Volume VI and is an excellent edition both in regard to the scholarship of the text and the accuracy of the maps, finely engraved after the Greek manuscript of Ptolemy preserved in Vienna. 260 pages including 27 double-page maps and a bibliographical note by R.A. Skelton. Folio, hardbound in tan cloth with gilt insignia on front cover, title on spine, and a dust jacket.
References:
Condition: B+
Contents are very good with dampstaining on the flyleaf and the very top and bottom edge of the text. Covers have a hint of sunning. There are tears, dampstaining, and shelf wear to the dust jacket.