Introductio in Ptholomei cosmographia[m] : cu[m] longitudinibus regionum [et] ciuitatum celebriorum

Jan, ze Stobnicy, approximately 1470-1530 · 1512 · Impressum Cracouie : p[er] Florianu[m] Ungleriu[m]. · 5 pictures

A 1512 Latin geography textbook printed in Kraków by Florian Ungler, edited by Jan of Stobnica from Ptolemy's cosmography, with longitude tables for regions and cities intended for scholars and students. The pages are dense blackletter-style text blocks with large decorative woodcut initial letters, ornamental scrollwork, and tabular columns of place names. A designer could take inspiration from the bold ornamented initials, the tightly set columns, and the mix of printed type and tabular layout.

Ptolemy, active 2nd century · Geography · Early maps · Imprint 1512

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