Asiae Tabula VI. [cart.]. Medius meridianus 84 relqui ad hunc inclinantur pro exigentia parallelorum 13.27. Copper plate engraving. Letters are... Show moreAsiae Tabula VI. [cart.]. Medius meridianus 84 relqui ad hunc inclinantur pro exigentia parallelorum 13.27. Copper plate engraving. Letters are given around the edge for reference to the gazetteer. This map is much more finely engraved and more accurately fitted to the tables, than any of the maps of the previous Ptolemy editions. Size: 31 x 46 cm. Published in 1578 and reprinted in 1584-1704. Latin. (Qatar name in map = Catara). See Tibbets no 40, though this is not the same Shows territorial divisions, rivers, and cities. Relief shown by illustrations of mountains. Based on Ptolemy's Geography. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00174 Print Map Item-ID: i11401631 BIB-ID: 2764263 Show less
Relief shown pictorially From Gerard Mercator's edition of Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum, possibly from a later edition... Show moreRelief shown pictorially From Gerard Mercator's edition of Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum, possibly from a later edition published in Amsterdam This map covers the Persia, some islands of the region are well marked. Series of mountain ranges. Scale in the cartouche. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00290 Print Map Item-ID: i11400729 BIB-ID: 1172415 Show less
The celebrated Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercatorrendition of Ptolemys map of Arabia based on his important Geographia. The map, a copperplate... Show moreThe celebrated Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercatorrendition of Ptolemys map of Arabia based on his important Geographia. The map, a copperplate engraving, shows the entirety of the Arabian Peninsula and parts of Africa and Persia. Details of the topography of the interior are almost completely fanciful though the place names having been based upon reports of travelers and traders are of great historical interest. Among these place names is Qatar given as Catara. [Gerard Merkator]. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00175 Print Map Item-ID: i2066168x BIB-ID: 1842141 Show less
Medicine, Medicine--Early works to 1800, R125.3.A8 B46 1549
Omnia nunc postremùm diligentiori cura recognita & castigata. Edited by Marcus Hopper. Printer's name and date of publication from colophon: ... Show moreOmnia nunc postremùm diligentiori cura recognita & castigata. Edited by Marcus Hopper. Printer's name and date of publication from colophon: "Basileae per Henrichum Pppetri, Mense Augusto, Anno M.D.XLIX". Woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf. Woodcut historiated initials; marginal notes. Main Heritage Shelves General R125.3.A8 B46 1549 Book Item-ID: i10064850 BIB-ID: 1008121 Includes index at front. Show less
Astronomy, Astronomy--Early works to 1800, QB23 .M37 1549
Quæ omnia ad veteris archetypi lectionem diligenter collata ... Augusti ducis Saxoniæ ... dicauit Ioachimus Hellerus ... Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ [alpha]⁴ ... Show moreQuæ omnia ad veteris archetypi lectionem diligenter collata ... Augusti ducis Saxoniæ ... dicauit Ioachimus Hellerus ... Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ [alpha]⁴ *² B-Y⁴ Z². Main Heritage Shelves General QB23 .M37 1549 Book Item-ID: i10077406 BIB-ID: 1009376 Show less
autore Iacobo Castaldo pedemontano ; Gerhardus de Iode excudebat. Map of Asia from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan to southern Russia with... Show moreautore Iacobo Castaldo pedemontano ; Gerhardus de Iode excudebat. Map of Asia from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan to southern Russia with relief shown pictorially. Plate 8 from: Speculum orbis terrarum / Gerard de Jode and Cornelis de Jode. Antwerp : Arnold Coninx, 1593. Text on verso: Asiae prima pars sive Persicum regnum (fol. 8). The map covers 60°-118° E. 27°-55° N. It shows Turkish Empire and Northern parts of A. Peninsula. Scale: Gerhrdus de Iode excudebat,400 [ben. cart.] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00455 Print Map Item-ID: i11401242 BIB-ID: 1172467 In Latin. Show less
Asiae Tabula VI. [cart.]. Medius meridianus 84 relqui ad hunc inclinantur pro exigentia parallelorum 13.27. Copper plate engraving. Letters are... Show moreAsiae Tabula VI. [cart.]. Medius meridianus 84 relqui ad hunc inclinantur pro exigentia parallelorum 13.27. Copper plate engraving. Letters are given around the edge for reference to the gazetteer. This map is much more finely engraved and more accurately fitted to the tables, than any of the maps of the previous Ptolemy editions. Size: 31 x 46 cm. Published in 1578 and reprinted in 1584-1704. Latin. (Qatar name in map = Catara). See Tibbets no 40, though this is not the same Shows territorial divisions, rivers, and cities. Relief shown by illustrations of mountains. Based on Ptolemy's Geography. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00049 Print Map Item-ID: i17065549 BIB-ID: 2764263 Show less
Bibliograph. Nachweis: VD17-23:230918N. Main Heritage Shelves General R126 .K57 1611 Book Item-ID: i22819484 BIB-ID: 2427937 Show moreBibliograph. Nachweis: VD17-23:230918N. Main Heritage Shelves General R126 .K57 1611 Book Item-ID: i22819484 BIB-ID: 2427937 Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1519
Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden... Show moreText in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden boards, four clasps, the thongs renewed. The penultimate incunable edition of what "remained for centuries the standard text-book of pharmacy in the West" (Sarton), with the commentary of Mondino, the great anatomist, and other texts including Abulcasis' Liber servitoris. Mesue "was for centuries the authority on the composition of medicaments. The book was not only in use in practically every European pharmacy but in addition became the basis of the later official pharmacopoeias. The Grabadin [or Antidotarium, contained here] is, as Sudhoff calls it, 'the pharmacological quintessence of Arabian therapeutics' and contains the entire armamentarium of compounded medicines which we owe to the Arabians. The arrangement is like that of the later pharmacopoeias. The compounded medicines are divided into groups according to their forms - confections, juleps, syrups, etc. - the monographs containing directions for the preparation of the respective products and also notes on their medical uses" (Edward Kremers and George Urdang, History of Pharmacy, 1940, p. 21). Much of the basic terminology of pharmacy, words such as julep and syrup, derives from the Arabic. EI, III, pp. 872-73; Sezgin, III, pp. 231-36. H *IIIII; Choulant p. 355; Goff M516; Klebs 680.14; Sarton I 728. Imprint from colophon. Includes Registrum Capital spaces with guide letters. Gilbert de Villiers' woodcut device Main Heritage Shelves General RS79 .I266 1519 Book Item-ID: i22816938 BIB-ID: 2427893 Show less
Double-page engraved twin-hemispherical world map, elaborate strap work borders, armillary sphere, compass rose, galleon and sea monster, all hand... Show moreDouble-page engraved twin-hemispherical world map, elaborate strap work borders, armillary sphere, compass rose, galleon and sea monster, all hand-colored by a contemporary hand, French text on verso, Rumold Mercator's world map condensed his father's great world map of 1569 into double hemispherical form. It first appeared in Isaac Casaubon's edition of Strabo's Geographia (Geneva, 1587), and was then incorporated into editions of Mercator's atlas from 1595 to 1630 with the plate unchanged, also this Map engraving is a model of clarity and neatness, with typical cursive flourishes to the lettering of the sea names' (Shirley). The North Pole is illustrated as a landmass surrounding a sea from which four rivers radiate, and there is a well depicted North West passage. A huge southern continent and the bulge in the south west coast of South America indicate the influence of Gerard Mercator. Relief shown pictorially. "Duysburghi Clivorum typis aeneis." Plate was engraved in 1587, this impression likely 1619 (note cracks at top edge and French text on verso, see R. Shirley, The mapping of the world, p. 179 #157) Decorative border. Hand colored. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00027 Print Map Item-ID: i11400365 BIB-ID: 1787632 Show less