The cataloguer will often find it difficult to tell where a book was printed in those cases where the name of the place is given in its Latin form. Although books have been compiled to give this information, they are not always at hand, and a list of the Latin names of some of the most important places where books have been printed will probably be found useful. The same place has often several Latin forms, as will be seen by this list:—
- Aberdonia, Aberdeen.
- Abredea, Aberdeen.
- Abredonia, Aberdeen.
- Amstelœdamum, Amstelodamum, or Amstelredamum, Amsterdam.
- Andegavum, Angers.
- Andoverpa, Antwerp.
- Andreapolis, St. Andrews.
- Antverpia, Antwerp.
- Ardmacha, Armagh.
- Argentina, Argentoratum, Strasburg.
- Athenæ Rauracæ, Basel.
- Augusta Taurinorum, Turin.
- Augusta Trebocorum, Strasburg.
- Augusta Trevirorum, Treves.
- Augusta Vindelicorum, Augsburg.
- Aurelia, Aureliacum, Orleans.
- Aurelia Allobrogum, Geneva.
- Bamberga, Babenberga, Bamberg.
- Barchino, Barcino, or Barxino, Barcelona.
- Basilea, Basel.
- Bathonia, Bath.
- Berolinum, Berlin.
- Bipontium, Zweibrücken.
- Bisuntia, or Bisuntium, Besançon.
- Bononia, Bologna.
- Brixia, Breschia.
- Brugæ, Bruges.
- Bruxellæ, Bruxelles.
- Burdigala, Bordeaux.
- Burgi, Burgos.
- Buscum Ducis, Bois le Duc, or Hertogenbosch.
- Cadomum, Caen.
- Cæsar Augusta, Saragossa.
- Cæsarodunum Turonum, Tours.
- Cameracum, Cambray.
- Cantabrigia, Cambridge.
- Casurgis, Prague.
- Cluniacum, Cluni.
- Coburgum, Coburg.
- Codania, Copenhagen.
- Colonia Agrippina, C. Claudia, C. Ubiorum or Colonia simply, Cologne.
- Colonia Allobrogum, Geneva.
- Colonia Julia Romana, Seville.
- Colonia Munatiana, Basel.
- Complutum, Alcala de Henares, famous as the place of printing of the Polyglott Bible of Cardinal Ximenes, called the "Complutensian Bible."
- Confluentes, Coblentz.
- Cracovia, Cracow.
- Curia Rhetorum, Coire.
- Dantiscum, Dantzig.
- Daventria, Deventer, in Holland.
- Derbia, Derby.
- Dordracum, Dordrecht, or Dort.
- Dresda, Dresden.
- Duacum, Douay.
- Dublinum, Dublin.
- Durocorturum, Rheims.
- Eboracum, York.
- Edinburgum, Edinburgh.
- Erfordia, Erphordia, or Erfurtum, Erfurt.
- Etona, Eton.
- Exonia, Exeter.
- Florentia, Florence.
- Forum Livii, Forli.
- Francofurtum ad Mœnum, Francofortium, Francphordia, Frankfort-on-the-Maine.
- Francofurtum ad Oderam, or Francophordia cis Oderam, or Francofurtum Marchionum, Frankfort-on-the-Oder.
- Freiberga Hermundurorum, Freiberg, Saxony.
- Friburgum Brisgoviæ, Freiburg im Breisgau.
- Friburgum Helvetiorum, Fribourg, Switzerland.
- Ganabum, Orleans.
- Gandavum, Gand, or Ghent.
- Gedanum, Dantzig.
- Genua, Genoa.
- Gippesvicum, Ipswich.
- Glascua, Glasgow.
- Granata, Granada.
- Gratianopolis, Grenoble.
- Gravionarium, Bamberg.
- Hafnia, Copenhagen.
- Haga Comitum, The Hague.
- Hala Saxonum, Hala Hermundurorum, Hala Soraborum, or Hala Magdeburgica, Halle, in Saxony.
- Hamburgum, or Hammona, Hamburg.
- Harlemum, Haarlem.
- Heidelberga, Heidelberg.
- Helenopolis, Frankfort-on-the-Maine.
- Herbipolis, Würzburg.
- Hispalis, Seville.
- Holmia, Stockholm.
- Insulæ, Lisle.
- Juliomagum, Angers.
- Koburgum, Coburg.
- Leida, Leyden.
- Leodicum Eburonum, Liege.
- Leodium, Liege.
- Lipsia, Leipzig.
- Londinum, Londinium, London.
- Lovanium, Louvain.
- Lugdunum, Lyons.
- Lugdunum Batavorum, Leyden.
- Lutetia Parisiorum, Paris.
- Madritum, or Matritum, Madrid.
- Mediolanum, Milan.
- Moguntia, Mentz, or Mayence.
- Monachium, Munich.
- Mons Regius, Königsberg.
- Moscua, Moscow.
- Mutina, Modena.
- Neapolis, Naples.
- Neocomum, Neuchatel.
- Norimberga, Nuremberg.
- Œnipons, Innsbruck.
- Olyssipo, Lisbon.
- Oxonia, or Oxonium, Oxford.
- Panormum, Palermo.
- Papia, Pavia.
- Parisii, Paris.
- Patavium, Padua.
- Pons Œni, Innsbruck.
- Portus Lusitaniæ, Oporto.
- Praga, Prague.
- Regiomontum, Königsberg.
- Remi, or Rhemi, Rheims.
- Rhedones, Rennes.
- Rhodopolis, Rostock.
- Roma, Rome.
- Rostochium, Rostock.
- Rothomagum, Rouen.
- S. Albani, St. Albans.
- Sanctandrois, St. Andrews.
- Sylva Ducis, or Sylva Ducalis, Bois le Duc, or Hertogenbosch.
- Tarvisium, Treviso.
- Taurinum, Turin.
- Thermæ Antoninæ, Baden-Baden.
- Ticinum, Pavia.
- Tigurum, Zürich.
- Toletum, Toledo.
- Trajectum ad Mosam, or Trajectum superius, Maestricht.
- Trajectum ad Rhenum, or Trajectum inferius, Utrecht.
- Trajectum ad Viadrum, Frankfort-on-the-Oder.
- Trecæ, or Tricasses, Troyes.
- Tridentum, Trent.
- Treviri, Treves.
- Tubinga, Tubingen.
- Turones, Tours.
- Ubii, Cologne.
- Ultrajectum, Utrecht.
- Ulyssipo, Lisbon.
- Urbs vetus, Orvieto.
- Vallisoletum, Valladolid.
- Venetiæ, Venice.
- Vesontio, Besançon.
- Vicentia, Vicenza.
- Vienna Austriæ, Vienna.
- Vienna in Delphinatu, Vienne, France.
- Vigornia, Worcester.
- Vindobona, Vienna.
- Vratislavia, Breslau.
- Westmonasterium, Westminster.
- Wirceburgum, Würzburg.
These names have mostly been taken from Dr. Cotton's valuable lists:—
A Typographical Gazetteer, attempted by the Rev. Henry Cotton, D.C.L. The Second Edition. Oxford, 1831. 8vo.
At page 332 is an index of disguised, falsified, or fictitious places.
At page 336, a list of the names of certain academies, etc., which sometimes are found on the titles of books (particularly on academical dissertations), without further specification of the place to which they belong.
A Typographical Gazetteer, attempted by the Rev. Henry Cotton, D.C.L. Second Series. Oxford, 1866. 8vo.
At page 335 is a revised list of fictitious places.
