Creator
Vincenzo Coronelli
Title
Epitome cosmografica, o, Compendiosa introduttione all'astronomia, geografia, e idrografia, per l'uso, dilucidatione, e fabbrica delle sfere, globi, planisferj, astrolabj, e tavole geografiche
Coverage
Cologne [i.e. Venice]
Publisher
Andrea Poletti
Date
1693
Description
This series of lectures given by Italian cosmographer and cartographer, Vincenzo Coronelli, before the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti in Venice, is richly illustrated with 37 plates, maps, charts, and volvelles. The added engraved title-page bears the arms of the Accademia degli Argonauti.
The book is accompanied by an English translation of the text commissioned by Stanley Scott.