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Pomponius Mela. Iulius Solinus. Itinerarium Antonini Aug. Vibius Sequester. P. Victor De regionibus urbis Romae. Dionysius Afer De situ orbis Prisciano interprete.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae soceri, mense octobri MDXVIII [1518]Description: 233, [3] leaves ; 16 cm (4to)Uniform titles:
  • Itinerarium Antonini
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Contents:
Pomponii Melae De situ orbis (leaves 3-41)-- Iulii Solini Polyhistori (leaves [42]-[128]) -- Itinerarium provinciarum Antonini Augusti (leaves 129-190) -- Vibius Sequester Virgiliano filio salutem (leaves 191-199) -- P. Victoris, De regionibus urbis Romae liber (leaves [200]-213) -- Dionysii Afri poema De orbis situ Prisciano interprete (leaves [214]-233).
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Printed Books British School at Rome Closed Access Material S.096.5.18.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not For Loan Vellum binding. | Red leather label glued on the pastedown of the front cover: Bibliotheque de Mr. le comte Riant. | Bookplate: Harvard University Library from the library of Count Paul Riant ... 1900 with ink stamp "Released". | Illegible handwritten notes on fly-leaf recto. | Handwritten note partially erased on title page: Ex libris Joseph Damiani. | Two ink stamps of the Harvard College Library on title page verso. | Annotations on margins and on the pastedown of the back cover. | Manicule on leaf 53 verso, leaf 56 recto, leaf 57 recto and verso, leaf 58 verso. | Gift from Mark Getty, Chair of BSR Council, purchased 20/02/2018 at the auction of Sergio Rossetti's Library in Milan (Lot. 198) BSR18070713

First and only Aldine edition of Pomponius Mela, with other five ancient geographical texts.

Dedication by Antonius Francinus.

Imprint from colophon.

Aldine device on t.p. and on verso of final leaf; initial spaces with guide letters.

Signatures: a-z⁸ A-F⁸ G⁴.

"De regionibus urbis Romae" was a literary forgery of the 15th century, represented as the work of a newly discovered author, Publius Victor. Cf NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Pomponii Melae De situ orbis (leaves 3-41)-- Iulii Solini Polyhistori (leaves [42]-[128]) -- Itinerarium provinciarum Antonini Augusti (leaves 129-190) -- Vibius Sequester Virgiliano filio salutem (leaves 191-199) -- P. Victoris, De regionibus urbis Romae liber (leaves [200]-213) -- Dionysii Afri poema De orbis situ Prisciano interprete (leaves [214]-233).

National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints fiche no. 8573

Renouard, A.A. Annales de l’imprimerie des Alde 83:6

Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries M-1053

Rossetti, S. Rome, a bibliography from the invention of printing through 1899 6917

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