Lot 239
Geography.- Mela (Pomponius) Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis, Venice, Franciscus Renner de Heilbronn, 1478.
Estimate: £8,000 - 12,000
Description
Geography.- Mela (Pomponius) Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis, collation: a-f8, 48ff., 26 lines and side-notes, Gothic type, headings printed in red on a1r, c1v and e2v, woodcut white on black ground decorative initials, very small hole to a1, not affecting text, water-stained, foxed, lightly browned, modern binding using old vellum, small 4to (186 x 140mm.), Venice, Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn, 1478.
⁂ Fourth edition of the earliest extant geography in Latin. Mela's knowledge of the positions of Britain, Ireland, and the coasts of Gaul and northern Germany were superior to that of Strabo. He was the first to mention the Orkney Islands. This edition is 'a very close reprint, in great part letter-for-letter, of Maler and Ratdolt's edition of 1478' (BMC).
Literature: BMC V 195; Goff M-450; HC 11017*; GW M34879; Bod-inc M-178; BSB-Ink P-686; ISTC im00450000.
Description
Geography.- Mela (Pomponius) Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis, collation: a-f8, 48ff., 26 lines and side-notes, Gothic type, headings printed in red on a1r, c1v and e2v, woodcut white on black ground decorative initials, very small hole to a1, not affecting text, water-stained, foxed, lightly browned, modern binding using old vellum, small 4to (186 x 140mm.), Venice, Franciscus Renner, de Heilbronn, 1478.
⁂ Fourth edition of the earliest extant geography in Latin. Mela's knowledge of the positions of Britain, Ireland, and the coasts of Gaul and northern Germany were superior to that of Strabo. He was the first to mention the Orkney Islands. This edition is 'a very close reprint, in great part letter-for-letter, of Maler and Ratdolt's edition of 1478' (BMC).
Literature: BMC V 195; Goff M-450; HC 11017*; GW M34879; Bod-inc M-178; BSB-Ink P-686; ISTC im00450000.
Related Lots
Back To Auction Catalogue
Newsletter Signup
Keyword Alerts
You can now save your preferences to receive emails, or create a free lite account which gives you more features.
Would you like to receive personalised keyword alerts when new catalogues go live. If so, please indicate these below
Set a password to save your keyword alerts
Passwords are a minimum of 7 characters and must include an upper case letter, a lower case letter, a number and a special character.
Newsletter