Shelfmark
Gn.6.22
Author
Uniform title
[De chorographia]
Title
Pomponius Mela. Iulius Solinus. Itinerarium Antonini Aug. Vibius Sequester. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romæ. Dionysius Afer De situ orbis Prisciano interprete..
Varying form of title
Pomponivs Mela. Ivlivs Solinvs. Itinerarivm Antonini Avg. Vibivs Seqvester. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romæ. Dionysius Afer De situ orbis Prisciano interprete
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Florence] : Impressum Florentiæ per hæredes Philippi Iuntæ, anno D. XIX. [1519] à Christiana salute supra mille mense aprili. Leone .X. Pontefice..
Physical description
223, [1] leaves ; 16 cm. (8vo)
Note
Imprint from colophon (leaf B8 verso).
Note
Mela's work originally published under title: 'Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis'. Milan, 25 Sept. 1471.
Note
Signatures: a-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-B⁸.
Note
Spaces left with guide letters for initials; text printed in Italic type.
Note
Printer's device on B8 verso: Florentine lily with two putti on its sides holding two cornucopias, on a platform (A52 K43 Z645; CNCM 215) -- from EDIT16.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Pomponius Mela, De situ orbis -- Iulius Solinus, Polyhistor -- Antoninus Augustus, Itinerarium provinciarum -- Dionysius Afer, Poema de orbis situ Prisciano interprete.
Citation/references note
EDIT16, CNCE 28751
Provenance
Plain label of Eton College Library on front pastedown.
Provenance
Ms. notes in the same hand on front endpaper: "Pinelli Auction"; "M. Wodhall Apr : 18th 1789".
Provenance
Ms. note at the bottom of title page: "Ex libris Oct. Pretiani can.' sen.'"
Provenance
Bookplate of Cecily Mary Severine, undated, on front pastedown.
Provenance
Ms. note in pencil on rear pastedown: "Collated, complete H.B. Quaritch Ltd [...]".
Binding
18th-century quarter-bound beige leather and undecorated paper over pasteboards. Spine with six sewing stations; ink titling ("Melae"); gilt roll and titling over red label ("Pomp. et alii"); brown leather label with ink title ("[...]"). Textblock trimmed and dyed red. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Ms. note in Wodhall's hand on front endpaper: "Collat and complet".
Copy-specific note
Former ECL sheflmark: Gp.6.11.
Subject
Geography, Ancient Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Solinus, C. Julius, ? - active 3rd cent.? Polyhistor. 1518.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Vibius,, active 4th century - 5th century Sequester,
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Dionysius of Halicarnassus.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Heredi di Philippo de Giunta printer.
Added entry--place
Italy Florence.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50892