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<dl><dd>[56] leaves ; 21 cm (4to)</dd>
<dd>Transcript of a course of lectures on Ptolemy's Geographia delivered by the author at the University of Krakow and edited by Heinrich Bebel. Includes letter and elegiacs from Hartmann von Eptingen to Corvinus</dd>
<dd>Imprint from Incunabula short title catalogue</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a-e⁸ f⁶ g¹⁰ (g10=blank)</dd>
<dd>Chancery quarto; a3 recto: 38 lines, 162 x 101 mm; type: 86; initial spaces</dd>
<dd>COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.111 imperfect: g10 (blank) wanting. Sheet f3.4 bound in before f2.5. Leaf dimensions: 196 x 137 mm.</dd>
<dd>PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.111 with title page inscription, dated 1571, referencing John of Głogów: "Empt[us] e[st] codicillius iste p[...] fratre[m] Iohannes Glogoviam tui [...] priore pro iiij a Maij [...] 1571." Early marginalia. Purchased from Ranschburg in March, 1939.</dd>
<dd>BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.111 bound in modern, rigid vellum.</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Geographia; Geography, Ancient -- History; Geography -- Early works to 1800</div>
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Corvinus, Laurentius, approximately 1465-1527</div>
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