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Dionysius, Periegetes. De situ orbis, translated into Latin by Quintus Remmius Palaemon and with commentary by Celio Calcagnini, text in Greek, translation and commentary in Latin, initial spaces with guide-letter, some light soiling or staining, modern vellum, [Adams D643; EDIT 16 CNCE 17252], small 4to, [Ferrara], [Giovanni Mazzocchi], [1512].
*** Editio princeps of the Greek hexametrical text of 'one of the most popular sources of geographic knowledge in mediaeval times' (Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science, I, p.258). The printer Mazzocchi was famous for printing the first edition of Orlando Furioso in 1516.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/b56143c8-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/1f1fd383-2d91-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "16
Dionysius, Periegetes. De situ orbis, translated into Latin by Quintus Remmius Palaemon and with commentary by Celio Calcagnini, text in Greek, translation and commentary in Latin, initial spaces with guide-letter, some light soiling or staining, modern vellum, [Adams D643; EDIT 16 CNCE 17252], small 4to, [Ferrara], [Giovanni Mazzocchi], [1512].
*** Editio princeps of the Greek hexametrical text of 'one of the most popular sources of geographic knowledge in mediaeval times' (Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science, I, p.258). The printer Mazzocchi was famous for printing the first edition of Orlando Furioso in 1516.")
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Dionysius, Periegetes. De situ orbis, translated into Latin by Quintus Remmius Palaemon and with commentary by Celio Calcagnini, text in Greek, translation and commentary in Latin, initial spaces with guide-letter, some light soiling or staining, modern vellum, [Adams D643; EDIT 16 CNCE 17252], small 4to, [Ferrara], [Giovanni Mazzocchi], [1512].
⁂ Editio princeps of the Greek hexametrical text of 'one of the most popular sources of geographic knowledge in mediaeval times' (Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science, I, p.258). The printer Mazzocchi was famous for printing the first edition of Orlando Furioso in 1516.
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Dionysius, Periegetes. De situ orbis, translated into Latin by Quintus Remmius Palaemon and with commentary by Celio Calcagnini, text in Greek, translation and commentary in Latin, initial spaces with guide-letter, some light soiling or staining, modern vellum, [Adams D643; EDIT 16 CNCE 17252], small 4to, [Ferrara], [Giovanni Mazzocchi], [1512].
⁂ Editio princeps of the Greek hexametrical text of 'one of the most popular sources of geographic knowledge in mediaeval times' (Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science, I, p.258). The printer Mazzocchi was famous for printing the first edition of Orlando Furioso in 1516.
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