The surveye of the vvorld, or Situation of the earth, so muche as is inhabited
Title
The surveye of the vvorld, or Situation of the earth, so muche as is inhabited
Alternative Title
Full title: The surueye of the vvorld, or Situation of the earth, so muche as is inhabited : comprysing briefely the generall partes thereof, with the names both new and olde, of the principal countries, kingdoms, peoples, cities, towns, portes, promontories, hils, woods, mountains, valleyes, riuers and fountains therin conteyned. Also of seas, with their clyffes, reaches, turnings, elbows, quicksands, rocks, flattes, shelues and shoares. A work very necessary and delectable for students of geographie, saylers, and others.
Creator
Dionysius, Periegetes
Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613, translator
Publisher
Imprinted at London : By Henrie Bynneman
Date
Anno. 1572
Format
94 unnumbered pages ; 14 cm (8vo)
Description
Translation of: Dionysius Periegetes' De situ orbis.
Colophon: Imprinted at London by Henry Bynneman, dvvelling in Knight-Riders Streete, at the signe of the Mermayde. Anno. 1572. And are to be sold at his shop at the northwest dore of Poules Church, at the sign of the three Welles.
Signatures: *⁴ A-E⁸ F⁴( -F4).
Black letter with some Roman. Title within typographical border, large woodcut devices on the title-page verso and final leaf, woodcut initials and tailpieces.
Page [94] at end blank.
Binding: 18th-century limp vellum in a contemporary style. Fore-margins cut close, trimming some marginal index words.
Bookseller's description removed to item file.
Colophon: Imprinted at London by Henry Bynneman, dvvelling in Knight-Riders Streete, at the signe of the Mermayde. Anno. 1572. And are to be sold at his shop at the northwest dore of Poules Church, at the sign of the three Welles.
Signatures: *⁴ A-E⁸ F⁴( -F4).
Black letter with some Roman. Title within typographical border, large woodcut devices on the title-page verso and final leaf, woodcut initials and tailpieces.
Page [94] at end blank.
Binding: 18th-century limp vellum in a contemporary style. Fore-margins cut close, trimming some marginal index words.
Bookseller's description removed to item file.
Provenance
Bookplate: Earls of Macclesfield, North Library ex-libris, dated 1860. Press mark: 65 G. 2
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.
Language
English
Identifier
Dated 1572 .D56
ESTC S112016
Relation
https://ocul-qu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_QU/r9dor2/alma9952939256105158
Files
Collection
Citation
Dionysius, Periegetes and Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613, translator, “The surveye of the vvorld, or Situation of the earth, so muche as is inhabited,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed March 12, 2026, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/1103.