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Ptolemy

Author of Britannica Great Books: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler

Includes the names: Ptolomy, Ptolemy, Tolomeo, Ptolemy, Claudius Ptolemy, 2nd cent Ptolemy, Claudius Ptolemy, Claude Ptolémée, Claudius Ptolemaeus, Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus) ... (see complete list)

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Britannica Great Books: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler (Contributor) 430 copies, 2 reviews
Ptolemy's Almagest 279 copies, 1 review
Tetrabiblios 149 copies, 1 review
The Geography 69 copies
Ptolemy's "Geography": An Annotated Translation of the Theoretical… 44 copies
Cosmography: Maps from Ptolemys "Geography" 12 copies
Manetho [&] Ptolemy: Tetrabiblos (Loeb Classical Library No. 350) 11 copies
Geographiae libri VIII 7 copies
Criterion of Truth - Essays Written in Honour of George Kerferd, together… 5 copies
Almagest / On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres / Epitome of… 5 copies
Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos in the Translation of William of Moerbeke : Claudii… 3 copies
Apotelesmatika 2 copies
Collected Works of Ptolemy 2 copies
Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos 2 copies
Claudius Ptolemaeus Cosmographia Bologna 1477 2 copies
Geographia 1 copy, 1 review
Geographia: Venice 1511 1 copy
Geographiae universae tum veteris tum novae absolutissimum opus, duobus… 1 copy
Nova translatio primi libri geographiae Claudii Ptolomaei quae quidem… 1 copy
Claudii Ptolemaei Liber de analemmate / a Federico Commandino ...… 1 copy
Claudii Ptolemaei De praedictionibus astronomicis cui titulum fecerunt… 1 copy
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: Cosmographia 1 copy
Trattato della descrittione della sfera celeste in piano / di Cl. Tolomeo… 1 copy
Claudius Ptolemaeus Geographia Venice 1511 1 copy
Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomeii 1 copy
Cosmografia Claudio Ptolomeo 1 copy
Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos 1 copy
L'Optique de Claude Ptolémée: dans la version latine d'après l'arabe de… 1 copy
Claudii Ptolemaei opera quae omnia. 2, Peri krit¯eriou kai ¯egemonikou :… 1 copy
Tabvla Aphricae II [i.e., Tabula Aphricae II] 1 copy
De Praedictionibus Astronomicus, Cui Titulum Fecerunt Quadripartitum Libri… 1 copy
Claudius Ptolemaeus Georgraphia Strassburg 1513 1 copy
Geographia Basle 1540. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Series of Atlases in… 1 copy
Claudius Ptolemaeus Cosmographia Rome 1478 1 copy
Claudii Ptolemaei Opera quae exstant omnia. Vol. 3,2, Peri kriteriu kai… 1 copy
Cosmografía 1 copy
Ptolemy's Books 1-3) 1 copy
The Tetrabiblos : or, quadripartite of Ptolemy : being four books,… 1 copy
Hieronymi Cardani, in Cl. Ptolemaei de astrorvm ivdiciis, avt (vt vvlgò… 1 copy
Claudii Ptolemaei Geographia, Volume 2 (German Edition) 1 copy
Des Claudius Ptolemäus Handbuch der Astronomie (2 Vol) 1 copy
Ptolemy's quadripartite; or, four books concerning the influences of the… 1 copy
Composition mathématique; traduite pour la première fois du grec en… 1 copy
État des étoiles fixes au second siècle 1 copy
Ptolemy on the Planets 1 copy
Claudii Ptolemaei opera quae e exstant omnia. vol. 3. pt. 2. Peri… 1 copy
[Klaudiou Ptolemaiou Alexandreōs ... Peri tēs geōgraphias biblia… 1 copy
Great Books, Vol, 16, Almagest 1 copy
Claudii Ptolemaei Opera Quae Exstant Omnia: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library… 1 copy
Delphi Collected Works of Ptolemy 1 copy
Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1291 (Ptolemy's Handy Tables) 1 copy
Wereldkaart uit De Geographia 1 copy, 1 review
Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos : or Quadripartite: being four books of the… 1 copy
Ancient India as described by Ptolemy; being a translation of the chapters… 1 copy
Almagest: Book One, sections 1-10 1 copy
The Almagest ; On the revolutions of the heaveanly spheres ; Epitome of… 1 copy
Ancient India, as described by Ptolemy: Being a translation of the… 1 copy
Claudius Ptolemaeus, Ptolemy 1 copy
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Ptolemy
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Ptolemaeus, Claudius
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Date of birth
0100 CE (circa)
Date of death
0160 CE (circa)
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male
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Alexandria, Egypt
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astronomer
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