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Ptolemaeus auctus restitutus emaculatus cum tabulis veteribus ac novis
Author: Ptolemy (2nd century)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
Printer: Johann Schott (German, 1477–1548)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, German, 16th century
Printer: Johann Schott (German, 1477–1548)
1520
Place of Publication: Augsburg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with chiaroscuro woodcut title-page border, woodcut diagrams, and 47 hand-colored woodcut maps
Dimensions
Overall: 44.3 x 27.8 x 1.8 cm (17 7/16 x 10 15/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Accession NumberBR1058
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Augsburg: Johann Schott, 1520
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet, IV, 955; Adams P-2220; Schmidt, Shott, 54
Description(Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1520) Folio; 57 leaves [over forty maps removed and placed with prints]; modern brown cloth binding.
Chiaroscuro woodcut title border of the Three Fates and Judgement of Paris, printed in orange and black.
Second edition of one printed by Schott in 1513. This edition has several new maps and abridged text. Another impression of the bold chiaroscuro title border, printed in black only, on verso of last leaf, which also includes a remarkable woodcut of two dogs fighting. Further diagrams and hand-colored decorative initials through the text.
Chiaroscuro woodcut title border of the Three Fates and Judgement of Paris, printed in orange and black.
Second edition of one printed by Schott in 1513. This edition has several new maps and abridged text. Another impression of the bold chiaroscuro title border, printed in black only, on verso of last leaf, which also includes a remarkable woodcut of two dogs fighting. Further diagrams and hand-colored decorative initials through the text.
ProvenanceEarly ownership inscription dated 1579 (?) on title page; Leo S. Olschki, Florence; By 1900, T. H. Castor & Co., Boston, from whom purchased by MFA. (Accession Date: April 12, 1900)