Live auction - Lot 970
[Geography - Antiquity]
De situ orbis. C. Iulii Solini Polyhistor. Aethici Cosmographia cum notis variorum.
Leiden, H. de Vogel, 1646 (col. Philippe de Croy, 1645)
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
12mo: [20]-577-[1 bl.] pp (blank top margin engr. title cut off; light staining).
Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink. Good copy.
Rare compilation of three ancient works on geography: P. Mela's popular geographical survey of the world (ed. by J. Olivarius), Solinus' summary of parts of the known world (ed. by M.A. Delrio), and the fictive travels of Aethicus (an 8th-c. forgery). Ill. with engr. title by R.A. Persyn. "Jolie édition, dans le genre des elzeviers" (Willems), "Édition très élégante" (Berghman).
Ref. Willems 1642. - Rahir 1979. - Berghman 2097. - Brunet IV:801. - STCN (i.a. BL).
Prov. Ownership entries on flyleaves.
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