Geografikon bibloi epta kai deka. Rerum geographicum libri septemdecim

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Published by Henrichum Petri, [1571], Basel

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In-folio de (116), 977, (3) pp. V�lin, dos � nerfs, encadrement � froid avec fleurons au coins et grands fleurons dor�s au centre. (Reliure de l'�poque.). Premi�re �dition illustr�e et premi�re �dition des commentaires et de la traduction latine de l'humaniste Xylander, professeur � l'universit� d'Heidelberg. Edition recherch�e de la "G�ographie" de Strabon, pour la correction de son texte et son illustration. Elle comprend 8 cartes dans le texte d'apr�s Mercator et 27 cartes sur double-page, qui sont les m�mes bois grav�s par S�bastien Munster, pour son �dition de Ptol�m� (1540). L'humaniste Guilielmus Xylander (1532 - 1576) a �t� nomm� professeur de grec de l'Universit� de Heidelberg � l'�ge de vingt-cinq ans. Il �dita et traduisit de nombreuses uvres de l'Antiquit�, dont les "El�ments" d'Euclide, et apporta d'importantes contributions � la diffusion des math�matiques. Texte grec et latin sur deux colonnes. Marque de l'imprimeur sur le titre et le dernier feuillet. Bel exemplaire dans une �l�gante reliure de l'�poque. Adams S-1907. USTC 694731. In-folio de (116), 977, (3) pp. V�lin, dos � nerfs, encadrement � froid avec fleurons au coins et grands fleurons dor�s au centre. (Reliure de l'�poque.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - First illustrated edition and first edition of the commentary and the Latin translation by Guilielmus Xylander, professor at the University of Heidelberg. Xylander's edition of Strabo. Illustrated by 8 maps in text after Mercator and 27 double-page woodcut maps by Sebastian M�nster, used in his edition of Ptolemy. The humanist Guilielmus Xylander (1532 1576) was appointed professor of Greek at the University of Heidelberg at the age of twenty-five. He edited and translated numerous works from antiquity, including Euclid's Elements, and made important contributions to the dissemination of mathematics. Greek and Latin text in two columns. Printer's mark on the title page and last leaf. A fine copy in an elegant contemporary binding. -.

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Geografikon bibloi epta kai deka. Rerum geographicum libri septemdecim

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Henrichum Petri, [1571], Basel

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