Melae Pomponii (7 results)

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Vellum. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket, As Issued. Editio Altera ( Second Edition). Two volumes in contemporary full vellum, Illustrated with allegorical frontispiece engraving and folding engraved map of the known earth in classical times, with numerous copperplate engravings in the text. Title page of V. 2 reads: ." Pars altera exhibens animadversiones Isaaci Vossii, Jacobi Perizonii, et Abrahami Gronovii, ac dedicationes & praefationes virorum doctorum, atque vitam Fredenandi Nonii Pintiani ab Andrea Schotto descriptam, & quatuor indices ." (20), 546, (4), 547-1081, (55) pp. The only ancient treatise on geography in classical Latin, written roughly 43 or 44 CE, and remaining in use until around 1500. Very Good. both volumes moderately toned, vellum soiled, map and frontispiece engraving are Fine, small holes top corner first 6 pages Vol. 1 and top corner front end page Vol. 2. A quite handsome and well bound copy of this SCARCE edition in contemporary vellum binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Cum Observationibus Isaaci Vossii. Accedund ejusdem Vossii observationum ad Pomponium Melam appendix & tres indices. Editio Secunda, In qua observationes textui subjectae sunt, quae in prima editione in sine operis apparebant. Franekerae, Apud LEONARDUM STRICKIUM, Bibliopolam. M D C C. [1700]. [Colofon]: FRANEQUERAE, Ex Officina Typographica ARNOLDI IELMERI. MDCC [Franecker, Holland, 1700]. In 4º (19x11 cm). Col: [xvi], 419, [lxi], 70, [ii bl]. Encadernação da época em pergaminho rígido com ferros a seco nas esquadrias das pastas e super-libris decorativo a seco em amabas as pastas. Ilustrado com uma gravura alegórica aberta a chapa no anterrosto e com 8 gravuras intercaladas em extratexto. Exemplar com título de posse da época na folha de guarda e com ex-libris de Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale. Obra contém o mais antigo texto geográfico conhecido escrito em latim. Obra clássica muito reeditada: foi impressa pela primeira vez em 1471, com oito edições incunabulares subsequentes, enquanto que até 1530 houve praticamente uma nova edição a cada dois anos. Obra de importância para a compreensão do mundo Renascentista. Embora o trabalho Mela 'apesar do autor se ter essencialmente preocupado com o mundo tal como era conhecido pelos gregos e romano, também abrangeu partes de África e um conhecimento da Índia? Esta edição não é referida por Sabin. Tem um mapa dobrável que é uma interpretação de Abraão Orteluis do mundo descrito por Pomponio Mela, intercalado em uma página desdobrável hors-text: «Orbis terrarum hunc tÿpum, secundum Pomponii Melae | traditionem delineabat Ab [raam] Ortelius 1582» (26x18 cm). Possivelmente, faltando dois mapas adicionais neste exemplar. [EN] Work on the goegraphy of Pomponio Mela illustrated with 1 engraved frontis and 8 plates depicting graphically the thought of the author. Binding: beautiful contemporary hard parchment, artistically blind tooled at both folders. Red label gilt at spine. Armorial bookplate from the Earl of Lonsdale. Later edition of Mela"s geography, after many earlier editions dating back to 1471. This edition is the second to include observations by Vossius [pages not mentioned at Palau]. The first was printed at The Hague in 1658. This text includes American references, which first appeared in the 1498 Salamanca edition. Mela"s work is the only formal treatise on the subject, written in classical Latin by the first Roman geographer. Mela divides the earth into five sections, two of which he deems uninhabitable, and declares the existence of 'antichthones' (see page 7 with graphic map) which inhabit the southern zone. The climate of which would prove unbearable for the population of the northern regions. Palau 160099: «front. 8 fols, 419 pags con com 8 láms». European Americana 700/188. Schweiger II, S. 610 Language: Latim / Latin Location/localizacao: M-11-C-62. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - De Chorographia est opus Melae Pomponii, quod anno MDCCCLXXX editum est. Hoc libro, Melae Pomponius de geographia scribit, in quo multa de regionibus et populis explicantur. In hac scriptura, Melae Pomponius non solum descriptiones geographicas et topographicas, sed etiam historias et mythologias inserit. Libellus est una ex fontibus primariis de geographia antiqua et habet multa exempla de scriptoribus antiquis, quae adhuc valent in studiis geographiae.This Book Is In Latin.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextDe Chorographia est opus Melae Pomponii, quod anno MDCCCLXXX editum est. Hoc libro, Melae Pomponius de geographia scribit, in quo multa de regionibus et populis explicantur. In hac scriptura, Melae Pomponius non solum descript.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. De Chorographia (1880) | Pomponii Melae (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Latein | 2010 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | EAN 9781160385381 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …