Main entry:

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552.

Title & Author:

Cosmographiæ uniuersalis lib. VI. in quibus iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partium situs, propriæq[ue] dotes. regionum topographicæ effigies ... / Autore Sebast. Munstero.

Publication:

Basileae : apud Henrichum Petri, mense Septemb. Anno salutis M.D.LIIII. [1554]

Description:

[24], 84, [4], 85-474, [4], 475-610, [3], 611-614, 619-680, 685-1162, [2] p., 14 double leaves of plates : ill., coats of arms, genealogical tables, maps, plans, ports. ; 34 cm. (fol.)

Notes:
Translation of: Cosmographia. Beschreibung aller Lender. 1544. First published in Latin: 1550.
Publication statement from colophon.
Signatures: pi⁶ *⁶ a-e⁸ f-g⁴ h-k⁶ l⁸ m-n² o⁶ p⁸ q-r⁴ s-B⁸ C⁶ D² E⁸ F⁶ G-M⁴/² N-O⁸ P⁶ Q-R² S⁴ T-V² X⁴ Y⁴ Z⁶ Aa-Bb² Cc⁸ Dd² Ee-Gg⁸ Hh⁴ Ii⁸ Kk⁶ Ll⁴ Mm² Nn-Oo⁸ Pp-Ss⁴/² Tt⁴ Vu⁶ Xx⁴ Yy² Zz⁸ AA-BB² CC⁸ DD⁴ EE-FF⁸ GG⁴ HH-KK⁸ LL⁴ MM-QQ⁸ RR⁴ SS-Fff⁸ Ggg⁶ Hhh⁸
Numerous errors in pagination.
Title within historiated border.
There are 3 folding views which comprise eight pages each: the first found between pages 480 and 481 is unnumbered and signed Y3 and Y5; the second and third between pages 614 and 619, and 680 and 685 are numbered 615-618, and 681-684 and are signed Mm2-4 and Tt3-5.
Includes index.
Pages 1099-1113: De novis insulis.
Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1:183.
European Americana 554/47.
Digital version available on Internet Archive.

Resources:
Digital Version (Internet Archive)

Subject:

Geography Early works to 1800.
Geography.
Imprint 1554.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

German Americana Digitization Project (John Carter Brown Library)
Cosmographiae universalis lib. VI.
Switzerland Basel.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 85395
Call No.: ID:86-B16686
Status: Available