Pomponii Melae De Situ Orbis Libri Iii Cum Notis Integris Hermolai Barbari Petri Joannis Olivarii

by Pomponius Mela

A$1,225 · Offered by Hordern House

Lugduni Batavorum Leiden : Samuel and Johann Luchtmans, 1782. Three parts in one volume, thick octavo; allegorical engraved title-leaf, with a folding engraved map and illustrated with numerous woodcuts and copperplate engravings in the text; in a contemporary academic prize binding of full vellum, both boards with decorative gilt borders and a central gilt device depicting Minerva, goddess of wisdom and the arts, spine with gilt decoration; in

• Binding: Leather

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