Mapamundi, the Catalan atlas of the year 1375

Author(s)

• Cresques, Abraham, d. 1387
• Grosjean, Georges
• Paris. Bibliothèque nationale

Bibliographic Information

Mapamundi, the Catalan atlas of the year 1375

edited and with commentary by Georges Grosjean

Urs Graf , Sole distributor in the United States and Canada, Abaris Books, 1978

• : Rrs Graf
• : Abaris Books

Other Title

Mapamundi

El atlas català

Note

"Most publications today take Cresques Abraham to be the author of the Paris Atlas .... yet even this authorship is not certain" -- P. 12

Gold leaf on plates printed in color

Includes facsim. of the 1375 ed. of the Catalan atlas in the Bibliothèque Nationale, code "Espagnol 30"

Bibliography: p. 27-28

• NCID: BA37652862
• ISBN:
  • 3859511289
  • 0913870722
• LCCN: 79318465
• Country Code: sz
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engcat
• Place of Publication: Dietikon-Zurich,[New York]
• Pages/Volumes: 93 p., [6] double leaves of plates (in portfolio bound with volume)
• Size: 67 x 29 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G1001
  • DC : 912
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Atlases -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles
  • LCSH : Nautical charts -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : Geography, Medieval -- Early works to 1800
  • LCSH : Manuscripts, Catalan -- Facsimiles
  • LCSH : Early maps -- Facsimiles