MELA, Pomponius; BARBARO, Ermolao (ed.).

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Cosmographus de situ orbis. A post-incunable edition of Ermolao Barbaro's revision of Mela's De Situ Orbis, the pre-eminent geography in Europe at the time of the discovery of the New World. "The revival during the Renaissance of geographical study resulted in the first printings of the ancient works of Mela (1471) and Ptolemy (1475) which greatly stimulated exploration" (Streeter). Ermolao Barbaro the Younger (b. 1454-d. 1493) was a widely respected Venetian humanist scholar best known for his commentaries on Aristotle. This is the third edition of his revision, first published in 1494 and dedicated to Pope Alexander VI.

• Printing: first

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