In Claudii Ptolemaei Geographiacae Enarrationis Libri octo.

March 30, 1525
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  • Title: In Claudii Ptolemaei Geographiacae Enarrationis Libri octo.
  • Author: Claudius Ptolemaeus (Greek, Alexandria (?) 100 CE?–?170 Alexandria (?))
  • Editor: Willibald Pirckheimer (German, Eichstätt 1470–1530 Nuremberg)
  • Translator: Willibald Pirckheimer (German, Eichstätt 1470–1530 Nuremberg)
  • Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg)
  • Artist: After Daniel Hopfer (German, Kaufbeuren 1471–1536 Augsburg)
  • Publisher: Johannes Koberger (Nuremberg)
  • Publisher: Johann Grüninger (German, Markgröningen 1455?–?1533 Strasbourg)
  • Published in: Strasbourg
  • Date: March 30, 1525
  • Medium: Woodcuts
  • Dimensions: Overall: 16 1/8 x 10 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (41 x 27.2 x 4.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
  • Object Number: 20.83
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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