Compendio di sfera, e di geografia nel quale si contengono li costumi, governi, religgioni, e porprietà di tutti i paesi dell'mondo ..

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1714

Description:

This is v. 1 only (of a 2 v. set), including the "De sfera" and physical geography; there is a table of contents to both volumes.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Accessioned, 1962.

Subject:

Geography -- Early works to 1800; Geography; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Globes -- Early works to 1800; Globes

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Drawings (visual works); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

262 leaves : paper, illustrations; 210 x 170 (158 x 114) mm bound to 218 x 175 mm

Geographic Subject:

Solar system -- Early works to 1800; Solar system

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-21v: Della sfera in generale. -- 2. f.22r-33v: Delli usi della sfera [includes problems in latitude, determining the hour for rising and setting of the sun, declensions, etc.]. -- 3. f.34r-251r: Compendio di geografia [world geography by continent--Europe, Asia, Africa, America--describing physical and political units with some remarks on customs].; Title from title page (f. 2r). Addendum to the title "Con tutte le novittá occorse circa la muttasion de dominii stabilliti nella Pace d'Utrech, e Bada nell anno 1713" indicates that the text is up-to-date.; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 262 + i (contemporary paper); [ii], 1-251, [ix]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand, with table of contents (f. 252r-255r) and foliation in a second hand.; Decoration: Pen-and-ink diagrams of the solar system: sistema di Tolomeo (f. 4v); sistema di Copernico (f. 5r); sistema di Ticone (f. 6r); eclipses of the sun and moon, (f. 16r-v, 17v); and a compass rose (f. 260v).; Binding: Contemporary calf.; Origin: Written in Italy, 18th century, after 1714.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 418