In Claudii Ptolemaei Geographiacae Enarrationis Libri octo.

Multiple artists/makers

March 30, 1525

Not on view

Artwork Details

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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