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Early English Literature. Miniatures. Bindings.
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map, so mela possibly might have been erroneously written instead of
“insula”. It was on the coast where this name is placed, that John
Cabot landed in 1497.
It is u n c e r t a i n w h e t h e r this map was added
to every copy of the Margaritha Philosophica
o f 15 15 (According to Harrisse, Bibi. Amer. Vetust. page 341 the
Zoanna mela map should also be found in the edition of 1535. It is,
however, wanting in all the copies I have seen of this edition.) or not.
It was certainly wanting or incomplete in most copies of the
rare edition I examined and to enable me to give a complete facsimile
it became necessary to consult 3 copies of the map, one from the R.
Library at Stockholm, one from the R. Library at Copenhagen and
one from the Imperial Library at Vienna. In both copies belonging
to the Scandinavian libraries a small strip has been cut away in the
same part of the map, when the book was bound. Which defect in the
copy here communicated is supplied by a photograph of the Vienna
copy. On the reverse of the map there is a geographical description
divided in columns of the same size as the text of the book, but as
regards its contents of scarcely any importance. It may finally be
mentioned that the map of Robert Thorne of 1527 is, with regard to
the Old World, a minute copy of the map here under discussion.
If I except a few maps in the editions of Julius Caesar and Macro-
bius published in 1515/19 and almost worthless in a geographical point
of view, and the globe of Schöner of 1515 covered with a map printed
in gores for that purpose and of which an account will be given later . . .
the map in the Margarita of 1515 is the only
printed map known to me between the years 1515
and 15 1 9.”
Also S a b i n 69 128 gives a detailed description of this important
editionandstates: “. . . This important map is generali y
1 a c k i n g , the only perfect copy I have seen of this edition is in the
unrivalled Collection of Mr. C. H. Kalbfleisch of New York.”
This copy shows a hitherto unrecorded variant, the text on
the back of the second worldmap being printed in gothic type of
normal size instead of very small gothic characters.
As nearly always in the few copies known a small part of Asia
and a part of two lines of the text on the back of the map are torn.
Large, slightly stained copy, titleborder slightly coloured, both maps
skillfully repaired.
139 RELAQAM VERDADEIRA
do celeberrimo Triunfo, e Vitoria, que conseguio a Religiao Francis-
cana, recuperando os Santos Lugares de Jerusalem, usurpados pela
Nagao Grega Cismatica, em virtude de hum Mandado Imperial,
que deu o Sultao Solimao a 20. de Abril de 1690. — Ganhado em
Juizo contraditorio pelo Padre Procurador Fr. Domigos de
Arizaval, Biscainho: Cujas noticias constao por hua carta (d«
14. de Agosto de 1690) escrita na Santa Cidade de Jerusalem . . .
PAUL GOTTSCHALK, Berlin W. 8, Unter den Linden 3 a.
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map, so mela possibly might have been erroneously written instead of
“insula”. It was on the coast where this name is placed, that John
Cabot landed in 1497.
It is u n c e r t a i n w h e t h e r this map was added
to every copy of the Margaritha Philosophica
o f 15 15 (According to Harrisse, Bibi. Amer. Vetust. page 341 the
Zoanna mela map should also be found in the edition of 1535. It is,
however, wanting in all the copies I have seen of this edition.) or not.
It was certainly wanting or incomplete in most copies of the
rare edition I examined and to enable me to give a complete facsimile
it became necessary to consult 3 copies of the map, one from the R.
Library at Stockholm, one from the R. Library at Copenhagen and
one from the Imperial Library at Vienna. In both copies belonging
to the Scandinavian libraries a small strip has been cut away in the
same part of the map, when the book was bound. Which defect in the
copy here communicated is supplied by a photograph of the Vienna
copy. On the reverse of the map there is a geographical description
divided in columns of the same size as the text of the book, but as
regards its contents of scarcely any importance. It may finally be
mentioned that the map of Robert Thorne of 1527 is, with regard to
the Old World, a minute copy of the map here under discussion.
If I except a few maps in the editions of Julius Caesar and Macro-
bius published in 1515/19 and almost worthless in a geographical point
of view, and the globe of Schöner of 1515 covered with a map printed
in gores for that purpose and of which an account will be given later . . .
the map in the Margarita of 1515 is the only
printed map known to me between the years 1515
and 15 1 9.”
Also S a b i n 69 128 gives a detailed description of this important
editionandstates: “. . . This important map is generali y
1 a c k i n g , the only perfect copy I have seen of this edition is in the
unrivalled Collection of Mr. C. H. Kalbfleisch of New York.”
This copy shows a hitherto unrecorded variant, the text on
the back of the second worldmap being printed in gothic type of
normal size instead of very small gothic characters.
As nearly always in the few copies known a small part of Asia
and a part of two lines of the text on the back of the map are torn.
Large, slightly stained copy, titleborder slightly coloured, both maps
skillfully repaired.
139 RELAQAM VERDADEIRA
do celeberrimo Triunfo, e Vitoria, que conseguio a Religiao Francis-
cana, recuperando os Santos Lugares de Jerusalem, usurpados pela
Nagao Grega Cismatica, em virtude de hum Mandado Imperial,
que deu o Sultao Solimao a 20. de Abril de 1690. — Ganhado em
Juizo contraditorio pelo Padre Procurador Fr. Domigos de
Arizaval, Biscainho: Cujas noticias constao por hua carta (d«
14. de Agosto de 1690) escrita na Santa Cidade de Jerusalem . . .
PAUL GOTTSCHALK, Berlin W. 8, Unter den Linden 3 a.
