Ymago Mundi De Pierre d'Ailly (3 Volume Set)

Buron, Edmond (ed.) d'Ailly, Pierre

Published by Librairie Orientale et Americaine Maisonneuve Freres, Editeurs, Paris, 1930

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3 volume edition, color frontispiece, 36 plates (2 folding). Parallel Latin and French translations. Red, gilt-stamped cloth. Hinges cracked on volumes 1 & 3. Volume 1 has a pea=sized black ink mark on cover, tears in cloth at head of spine and a major bump to lower corner which has resulted in a nearly severed portion. Great candidates for rebinding, text is clean with moderate toning to pages. Pierre d'Ailly was a French theologian and cosmographer, born in 1350 in Campiegne and rising to the titles of chancellor of Notre-Dame de Paris, bishop and later cardinal of Cambrai. Imago Mundi is the collective title for a group of cosmographical and astronomical treatises, which include 16 treatises on geography and astronomy, the concordance of astrology, astronomy and theology. Only the first treatise on geography is properly IMAGO MUNDI, and it is this treatise which was published in 1930 and edited by Edmond Buron. This study made use of Ptolemy's GEOGRAPHY and was closely studied by Christopher Columbus. This present text was published with Columbus' marginal notes included and is fully illustrated. This edition won the Grand Prix Annuel 1932 de l'Academie de Marine and the Medaille d'Or 1932 de la Societe de Geographie de Paris. Combined 828pp Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 041004

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ymago Mundi De Pierre d'Ailly (3 Volume Set)
Publisher: Librairie Orientale et Americaine Maisonneuve Freres, Editeurs, Paris
Publication Date: 1930
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Book Type: Book