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Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (Atlas, or Cosmographic Meditations on the Fabric of the World and the Figure of the Fabrick'd; facsimile of 1595 edition)
by Mercator, Gerardus (introduction by Robert W. Karrow, Jr.; English translation by David Sullivan)
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- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket (as issued)
- ISBN 10
- 1891788264
- ISBN 13
- 9781891788260
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About This Item
Duisburg (Oakland: Octavo), 1595; 2000. 1st edition. Other Binding. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine (as new). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on 2 CD-ROM discs; not a printed book) of a hand-colored copy of Mercator's foundational Atlas. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images (may be magnified at up to 300% of original size) of every page of the original edition, as well as an introduction by Robert W. Karrow, Jr., and the first-ever complete English translation of the text, by David Sullivan. Clean copy, not a remainder.
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- Philip Smith, Bookseller
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- Title
- Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (Atlas, or Cosmographic Meditations on the Fabric of the World and the Figure of the Fabrick'd; facsimile of 1595 edition)
- Author
- Mercator, Gerardus (introduction by Robert W. Karrow, Jr.; English translation by David Sullivan)
- Format/Binding
- Other Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1891788264
- ISBN 13
- 9781891788260
- Publisher
- Duisburg (Oakland: Octavo)
- Date Published
- 1595; 2000
- Keywords
- Gerard Gerardus Mercator Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura digital facsimile cartography early maps mapping history navigation exploration Renaissance Octavo Editions Digital 9781891788260 1891788264
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