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MELA, Pomponius. De situ orbis. - SOLINUS, Julius. Polyhistor. - And other geographical texts. Venice: Aldine Press, October 1518.
8° (143 x 91 mm). Italic type. Aldine device 3 on title, repeated on final verso. 30 lines and headline, initial spaces with guide-letters. Late 16th/early 17th-century vellum. Provenance: Antonius Joseph (17th-century inscription on title).
Although the register at the end of the volume calls for a preliminary quire of 4 leaves, it is absent in this copy and is not called for in any of the cited bibliographies. Adams M-1053; Ahmanson-Murphy 150; Renouard Alde, 83:6.
8° (143 x 91 mm). Italic type. Aldine device 3 on title, repeated on final verso. 30 lines and headline, initial spaces with guide-letters. Late 16th/early 17th-century vellum. Provenance: Antonius Joseph (17th-century inscription on title).
Although the register at the end of the volume calls for a preliminary quire of 4 leaves, it is absent in this copy and is not called for in any of the cited bibliographies. Adams M-1053; Ahmanson-Murphy 150; Renouard Alde, 83:6.