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CV, 276 pp., covers partly browned and slightly creased / bumped, name on preliminary page, else good and clean, text in Latin, la Gewicht in Gramm: 480 original softcover (no dust jacket), Editio altera ex editione anni 1895 lucis ope expressa.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. INTERESTING STUDENT ANNOTATIONS 4to. Three works in one, half-title to second and third, pp. [8], 158, [24], 47, [1], 1-152, last 2 blank + 4 tipped-in blanks, of which 5 pp. with extensive contemporary ms annotations. Double column, Greek letter, little Roman. Woodcut printer's device to title, two small woodcut geometrical shapes, decorated initials and ornaments. Minimal toning, upper and outer edge of title and first leaf a little frayed, light water stain to upper outer corner of early ll., and to lower outer blank corner of last, two tiny worm holes to upper blank gutter of first half. A very good, unsophisticated, well-margined copy in contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, scuffed, upper hinge starting, small holes to spine, occasional contemporary ms annotations, ms Greek references to the text on rear fep. A very good, unsophisticated copy, in contemporary binding and with interesting early annotations, of this very handsome student collection of ancient geography textbooks and commentaries. 'De situ orbis' by Dionysius Periegetes, he lived in Alexandria in the 2nd or 3rd century AD, was a popular geographical poem on the boundaries of the known world. Pomponius Mela's (1st cent. AD) 'De situ orbis' described in prose the then-known world, dividing it into 5 zones, only two of which he deemed inhabitable. Solinus' 'De mirabilibus mundi' - a compendium of the ancient wonders of the world was a favourite for teaching, especially the chapter on the peoples of remote countries. The collection also includes 'scholia' (commentaries) by the humanists Morel and Papia, some concerning Aethicus' 'Cosmographia', now considered a medieval forgery. This copy was owned by a university student or scholar, who covered in dense ms annotations the margins of the first three chapters of Mela's 'De situ' - on the four parts of the world, and the descriptions of Asia and Europe - adding a few blanks for further notes. The annotations are at times summaries of the text, but mostly provide personal observations and integral information. For instance, the annotator refers to the version of the text found in a 'Codex Parisiensis et manuscriptus', most likely one of the many precious mss of classical works preserved at the Royal Library. He noted information about the author, and provided numerous additional information based on Pliny, Strabo, Ptolemy and other ancient authorities, with reference to specific peoples (e.g., Iberii) and places (e.g., Caspian Sea). Further occasional marginalia show his knowledge of other editions, e.g., by J. Vadianus, and his interest in the etymology of 'Britannia', which our annotator glossed with an additional, quite obscure etymology, as 'a name made of two Hebrew nouns, translated as 'stanum' (tin) and 'agrum' (field) in Latin. An interesting, unsophiticated copy. USTC 450740; Renouard, Estiennes, 145:5; Gilmont 2627; Brunet II, 729-30.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 8vo, six parts in one, separate half-titles, ff. 233 (iii). Italic letter, Aldine device to t-p and verso of last. Light fingermarks to lower blank outer corner of t-p and to blank margins of a couple of ll., small ink smudge to one fol., very light waterstain to upper blank corner of three gatherings, slight yellowing to a few ll. A very good copy in contemporary morocco, covers double blind ruled to a panel design, inner border with blind ropework tools, two arabesque ornaments, spine with raised bands, blind cross-hatched decoration in compartments, missing ties. Early ms. autographs "Frachet" to front paste-down, occasional contemporary Latin marginalia mainly to first part. Old paper label to head of spine '510'. Attractive copy of this Aldine collection of classical works on geography, in a lovely, very well-preserved contemporary northern-Italian binding. The arabesque ornaments on the covers of the volume, and their variations, were predominantly used in Venice at the beginning of the 16th century (See Needham 35; De Marinis 1797bis, 1921), but they also appear on Milanese bindings (combined with ropework border: see Davis III, 244; bound for Jean Grolier: Needham 41). Ropework decorations are typical of northern Italy, but the ornate border on this binding is a particularly intricate and fine example. Pomponius Mela (d. c. 45) was the first Roman geographer and his 'De situs orbis' is the earliest preserved treatise on geography in Latin. "Though the work was largely a borrowing from Greek sources (), it was unique among the ancient geographies in that it divided the Earth, which Mela placed at the centre of the universe, into five zones: a northern frigid zone, a northern temperate zone, a torrid zone, a southern temperate zone, and a southern frigid zone." (Encyclopedia Britannica). The treatise focuses on the known world, outlining a journey across North Africa, Asia and finally Europe. The contemporary marginalia to this work are interesting: a reader corrected the spelling of several geographical names and annotated different readings on the basis of other sources such as Strabo and Ptolemy. 'Polihistor' is by the grammarian Julius Solinus (c. 210-258). Also known as 'De mirabilibus mundi', 'On the wonders of the world', this is an influential compilation largely drawing from Mela, Pliny and Suetonius of the most curious facts concerning the peoples, regions, plants and animals of the world, beginning from Rome and moving on to the Mediterranean, northern Africa, Near East and India. 'Itinerarium Antonini', by an unknown author, can be described as a 'road map' of the Roman Empire in the III century AD, containing a register of all the stations along the major roads and their distances. This is followed by Vibius Sequester's alphabetical list of geographical names mentioned by Latin poets (Virgil, Ovid, Lucan and Silius Italicus), comprising rivers, springs, lakes, forests, marshes, mountains and peoples. 'De regionibus Urbis Romae" is a brief list of all the important buildings, streets and bridges that can be found in different areas of Rome, spuriously attributed to a fictitious Publius Victor. Last in the collection is a Latin verse translation of Dionysius Periegetes' 'Description of the world', by the grammarian Priscian. This collection was edited Aldus' brother-in-law, Gian Francesco Torresani d'Asola (c. 1498-1558). USTC 841939; EDIT 16 CNCE 46864; Adams M1053; BM STC It. C16, p. 432; Graesse V, p. 401; Brunet IV, p. 800; Renouard Alde 83:6.

Original-Broschur. CV, 276 Seiten. Einband berieben und bestoßen sowie durch Sonnenlicht ausgeblichen. Ansonsten handelt es sich um ein gutes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Textsauber und aus einem Nichtraucherhaushalt. Dieses Exemplar ist unaufgeschnitten: Die Seiten müssen zum Lesen von Hand aufgeschnitten werden. Sprache: Latein. // Original softcover. The cover is rubbed and bumped, and has been faded by sunlight; otherwise, it is a good copy with only slight signs of use. The text is clean and comes from a non-smoking household. This copy is unopened: the pages must be manually cut to be read. Language: Latin. la Editio altera ex editione anni MDCCCXCV lucis ope expressa.

Weidmann, n.p., 1979. Photomechanical reprint 3rd ed.1958. CVI,276p. Original blue cloth. Spine gilt titled.