1731 Geographia Antiqua
Christoph Cellarius
Sixth edition and first illustrated version
London, Sumptibus S. Ballard, J. Senex, G. Innys, J.Osborn & T. Longman, 1731
[Geographia Antiqua] Christophori Cellarii Smalcaldensis Geographia Antiqua – Recognita denuo & ad veterum novorumque scriptorum fidem, historicorum maxime, identidem castigata & Quinta Editione plurimis locis aucta & immutata. Huic demum sextæ Editioni Tot Chartas ex majori auctoris Geographia antiqua quot ad minorem hanc illustrandam requirebantur, Duplicemque Indicem, Quorum Priori vetera locorum nomina novis præponuntur, Posteriori nova veteribus, Addidit, totam recensuit, & Scholarum usui accommodavit, Samuel Patrick.
The Volume includes the following Maps and Illustrations:
1. Joannes Senex – [Globe] Globi, Chartae Geographiae et Spaerae optimi
2. Europa, Asia & Africa (Double-page map)
3. America (Double-page map)
4. Hispania Antiqua (Double-page map of Historical Spain, folding out on two sides)
5. Gallia antiqua transalpina (Double-page map of France with parts of Germany)
6. Britannicae insulae (Double-page map of England, Scotland (Caledonium) and Ireland (Ivernia – Hibernia)
7. Germania antiqua (Double-page map of Historical Germany)
8. Vindelicia, Rhaetia, Noricum (Double-page map showing from Venice (Veneti), Brigantium and the Region south of the Danube)
9. Pannonia, Moesia, Illyricum & Thracia (Double-page map of the Roman provinces)
10. Cisalpina Gallia, Italiae antiquae pars (Double-page map of northern Italy and adjacent regions, extending from Venice on the Maris Adriatici, to Pisa and Nice (Nicaea) on the Mediterranean, to Lake Geneva in the west, and the Alps in the North)
11. Italia propria (Double-page map of central Italy, focusing on Rome and adjacent provinces)
12. Latium (Double-page map of a magnified Rome and surroundings)
13. Magna Graecia – Italiae antiquae pars (Double-page map showing southern Italy with an inset map “Sinus Baianus et Puteolanus”)
14. Sicilia Antiqua (Double-page map of Sicily with an inset)
15. Macedonia, Thessalia, Epirus (Double-page map)
16. Acarnania, Graecia Propria & Peloponnesus (Double-page map)
17. Insulae Graeciae & Creta with Corsica et Sardinia (Double-page map)
18. Asia cis Taurum (Double-page map of ancient Turkey with Cyprus)
19. Orientis tabula (Double-page map of Arabia Felix Arachosia etc. with Mare Caspium, Syria, Armenia Maior, Persia )
20. Colchis, Iberia, Albania & Sarmatia (Double-page map)
21. Syria, Coelesyria, Phoeniciae & Mesopotamia (Double-page map)
22. Palaestina seu Terra Sancta (Double-page map of ancient Palestine)
23. Aegypti Delta et Nili Ostia (Double-page map of ancient Egypt with Memphis, Nomos etc.)
24. Aegyptus, Marmarica et Cyrenaica (Double-page map of Egypt and neighbouring regions to the West)
25. Syrtes, Byzacium et Africa Propria (Double-page map of ancient Libya and modern Tunisia)
26. Numidia et Mauretania (Double-page map of the ancient Maghreb (present-day Algeria and Morocco with Atlas Mountains and Berber Regions)
27. Africa Interior (Double-page map with Ethiopia Inferior)
Octavo 197 x 126mm. Bound in full leather but front cover is missing.
Spine cracked at back board hinge. Front endpaper has tear at bottom with slight loss.
Inscribed on the front endpaper by a previous owner.
Binding cracked at gathering on page 82/83.
viii, 180pp, 26 maps & one illustration of a globe.
Offsetting on maps of Magna Graecia and Acarnania.
Map of Crete has a tear across it but without loss.
Bottom corners of first few leaves creased.
Some age toning in places but internally generally clean.
See photographs for further confirmation of condition.
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