Zeiglero Palæstinæ descript., Arg. 1536 and Terræ Sanctæ
Description:
authore Iacobo Zieglero Landauo Bauaro. Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins. Indexes: Index in Palestinam Iacobi Ziegleri; Elenchus quo libro et capite bibliorum & quoties, singulia Palestinæ loci continentur. Vellum binding. Red fore-edges. First 4 and last 4 pages blank (included in page description). "Terrae Sanctae altera descriptio, IVXTA ordinem alphabeti, quæad Scripturam proxime directa est, utilissima etiam plebeio lectori, authore Vuolffgango Vueissenburgio pridem Academiæ Basiliensis Mathematico. ; Index, totius operis locupletissimus qui in priori æditione desyderabatur. ; Elenchus, quo libro & capite Bibliorum, & quoties, singuli Palaestinae loci continentur" on title page. Text entitled "Incastigationem mendarum" follows maps. Maps appear together at end; "Tabula continet" [i.e. Table of contents] and descriptive text appear on preceding versos. Maps show topography (in bird's eye view), vegetation, waterways, ports. Sea monsters, elaborate representations of water. Map 5 has compass rose, diagonal lines with labels such as "Babylon XIII" and "Roma XXVII." Map 6 includes Nile River Delta and Valley. Map 7 features pictorial representation of encampment with figures (including horsemen).
Creator:
Ziegler, Jacob, 1480-1549 and Wissenburg, Wolfgang, 1496-1575
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