Shelfmark
Fg.8.08
Author
Uniform title
[De chorographia]
Title
Pomponij Melæ De orbis situ, libri III. et C. Iulij Solini, Polyhistor. Quorum ille descriptionem singularum orbis terreni partium atque regionum: Hic uerò præter eadem, quae ubiq[ue] memorabilia sint loca, animantia, plantæ, gemmæ, & similia, compendiosè enarrat. Authores ut politissimi, ita geographiæ studiosis utilissimi, in quorum gratiam Mela scholijs, uterq[ue] uerò tabulis elegantibus illustratus est, præfixo indice sufficienti.
Varying form of title
Pomponii Melae De orbis situ, libri III
Varying form of title
Pomponii Melae De orbis sitv, libri III
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De orbis situ, libri III
Publication, distribution, etc.
Basileæ : Ex officina Henricpetrina, anno salutis humanæ, M.D.LXXVI. mense Aprili. [1576]
Physical description
[32], 363 [i.e. 365], [2] p., [32] leaves of plates (22 double, 1 folded) : maps ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Note
Place and date of publication from colophon (leaf Z7r).
Note
For Mela there are are 20 numbered double page maps, one unnumbered double page map at p. 32 and one single page map at p. 92; for Solinus there are single page maps numbered 1-25, three maps on one folded leaf numbered 26 at p. 225, a single page map numbered 27, two maps on a double page leaf numbered 28-29 at p. 250, and single page maps numbered 30-31.
Note
Signatures: a⁸ *⁸ A-Z⁸ (a8, I8 blank).
Note
Woodcuts: printer's device on t.p. and final leaf, initials.
Citation/references note
Adams, M1063
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Provenance
Ms. inscription of Thomas Smith with price 1s, apparently the same hand as Thomas Smith (1638-1710) of Magdalen College, Oxford (see Al.5.19).
Binding
18th-century brown sheep quarter binding; marbled-paper boards; four raised bands; red morocco spine label.
Copy-specific note
Some ms. marginalia.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect; wanting final leaf Z8 but with the printer's device pasted down on front endleaf to face t.p.
Subject
Geography Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Solinus, C. Julius, ? - active 3rd cent.? Polyhistor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Petri, Heinrich, 1508 - 1579 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Basel.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B34786