Shelfmark
Fg.8.12
Author
Uniform title
[De chorographia]
Title
Pomponii Melæ Libri tres de situ orbis. Julii Honorii oratoris Excerptum cosmographiæ nunc primum ex MS. editum. Cosmographia, quæ falso hactenus Æthicum auctorem prætulit, variis lectionibus ex MS. illustrata. Omnia diligentisiime recognita, additis ad Melam notis.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lugd. Batavorum. : Apud Jordanum Luchtmans, 1685.
Physical description
[16], 101, [31]; [2], 144, [2] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Note
Some copies have slightly different title: Pomponii Melæ Libri tres de situ orbis, cum notis J. Gronovii. Julii Honorii oratoris Excerptum cosmographiæ nunc primum ex MS. editum. Cosmographia, quæ falso hactenus Æthicum auctorem prætulit, variis lectionibus ex MS. illustrata.
Note
Special half title (p. [32-33], 3rd count): "Julii Honorii oratoris Excerpta quæ ad cosmographiam pertinent".
Note
Special half title (p. [75-76], 4th count): "Notæ novæ in Pomponium Melam".
Note
"Cosmographia" is attributed to Aethicus Ister in LC NAF.
Note
Signatures: *⁸ A-R⁸ S⁴ (S4 blank).
Note
Woodcut title vignette, initials, head-pieces.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751; collated by Reynolds with MS. Waraei.
Binding
Late 17th-century sprinkled calf; blind double fillet to form a border with blind roll tooled parallel to spine; blind-uled spine; four raised bands; traces of spine label; board edges tooled in gilt.
Copy-specific note
Folded paper label attached at head edge of p. 97 with ms. caption "Pompon. Mela".
Copy-specific note
Previously Fk.6.07.
Subject
Geography Early works to 1800.
Subject
Geography, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Subject
Cities and towns, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Subject
Labels. rbprov
Added entry--name
Luchtmans, Jordaan, 1652 - 1708 printer.
Added entry--name
Gronovius, Jacobus, 1645 - 1716 commentator.
Added entry--name
Aethicus Ister. Cosmographia.
Added entry--name
Honorius, Julius Excerpta.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Leiden.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B34857