Binding Pomponius Mela and others 1519
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BINDING. GIUNTA PRESS 1519. MELA, POMPONIUS. De situ orbis. (With:) SOLINUS, (CAIUS) JULIUS. Polyhistor.
(With:) ANTONIUS AUGUSTUS (Emperor). Itinerarium provinciarum. (With:) VICTOR, PETRUS. De regionibus urbis Romae. (With:) DIONYSIUS PERIEGETES. Poema de orbis siti Prisciano interprete.
Florentiae (Florence, haeredes Philippi Iuntae) 1519.
8vo. (1)-223, (1) pp. Last leaf with woodcut printer´s device.
Contemporary brown richly blindtooled full leather binding, worn, split joints, spine in four compartments, partly defective to upper part which has been repaired, new endpapers. Minor foxing. Old signatures on inside of upper cover. Owner´s stamp on new endpaper.
Reprinted from the rare Aldine edition of 1518 which was edited by Francesco d´Asola. Among these classical texts are the earliest known description of the ancient world written in Latin (Mela, 1st century A.D.), the provincial itinerary of the Emperor Antonius, and the ancient geography of Solinus. "De regionibus urbis Romae liber" by Poetro Vettori (1499-1585) is an important Renaissance survey of Roman topography.
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6286
Datum:
2017-11-21