B34855

Language code

lat, grc

Shelfmark

Fg.8.11

Author

Mela, Pomponius

Uniform title

[De chorographia]

Title

Pomponii Melæ Libri tres de situ orbis, nummis antiquis & notis illustrati ab Jacobo Gronovio. Julii Honorii oratoris Excerpta cosmographiæ ab eodem nunc primum ex MS. edita. Cosmographia, falso Æthicum auctorem præferens, cum variis lectionibus e MS. Ravennas geographus ex MS. Lugdunensi suppletus.

Varying form of title

Portion of title: De situ orbis

Varying form of title

Portion of title: Libri tres de situ orbis

Varying form of title

Pomponii Melae Libri tres de situ orbis

Publication, distribution, etc.

Lugd. Batavorum. :, Apud Jordanum Luchtmans,, 1696.

Physical description

[28], 93, [29], 67, [1], 112, 128, [10] p. :, ill. ;, 16 cm.

Language

Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek.

Note

"Julii Honorii oratoris Excerpta quae ad cosmographiam pertinent", "Ravennatis anonymi qui circa saeculum VII. vixit Geographiae libri quinque" and "Jacobi Gronovii Notae in Pomponium Melam" each have divisional half-title and begin new pagination; register continuous throughout.

Note

Signatures: *-2*⁸ (-2*7,8) A-2D⁸ 2E⁴ (2E3-4 blank).

Note

"Cosmographia" is attributed to Aethicus Ister in LC NAF.

Note

Engraved vignette (device?) with motto "Batavia victrix felixq[ue] mare adserens pacem fundans humano sanguini parcens" on t.p.

Note

Engraved illustrations; woodcut initials.

Provenance

Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751; with the text of Mela carefully collated and noted in his hand.

Binding

Late 17th/early 18th-century brown mottled calf; blind-tooled panels with outer corner fleurons; blind double fillet to form a border.; four raised bands; red morocco spine label.

Copy-specific note

Lacking the two final blank leaves.

Copy-specific note

Previously Fk.6.08.

Subject

Geography, Ancient, Early works to 1800.

Added entry--name

Luchtmans, Jordaan, bookseller.

Added entry--name

Gronovius, Jacobus, editor.

Added entry--name

Aethicus Ister, Cosmographia.

Added entry--name

Honorius, Julius, Excerpta.

Added entry--name

Reynolds, John, former owner.

Added entry--place

Netherlands, Leiden.

001B34855

003LIBRARY CODE

0410#$alat$agrc

096##$aFg.8.11

1001#$aMela, Pomponius

24010$aDe chorographia

24510$aPomponii Melæ Libri tres de situ orbis, nummis antiquis & notis illustrati ab Jacobo Gronovio. Julii Honorii oratoris Excerpta cosmographiæ ab eodem nunc primum ex MS. edita. Cosmographia, falso Æthicum auctorem præferens, cum variis lectionibus e MS. Ravennas geographus ex MS. Lugdunensi suppletus.

24630$aDe situ orbis

24630$aLibri tres de situ orbis

2463#$aPomponii Melae Libri tres de situ orbis

260##$aLugd. Batavorum. :$bApud Jordanum Luchtmans,$c1696.

300##$a[28], 93, [29], 67, [1], 112, 128, [10] p. :$bill. ;$c16 cm.

500##$a"Julii Honorii oratoris Excerpta quae ad cosmographiam pertinent", "Ravennatis anonymi qui circa saeculum VII. vixit Geographiae libri quinque" and "Jacobi Gronovii Notae in Pomponium Melam" each have divisional half-title and begin new pagination; register continuous throughout.

500##$aSignatures: *-2*⁸ (-2*7,8) A-2D⁸ 2E⁴ (2E3-4 blank).

500##$a"Cosmographia" is attributed to Aethicus Ister in LC NAF.

500##$aEngraved vignette (device?) with motto "Batavia victrix felixq[ue] mare adserens pacem fundans humano sanguini parcens" on t.p.

500##$aEngraved illustrations; woodcut initials.

546##$aText in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek.

561##$aBooklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751; with the text of Mela carefully collated and noted in his hand.

563##$aLate 17th/early 18th-century brown mottled calf; blind-tooled panels with outer corner fleurons; blind double fillet to form a border.; four raised bands; red morocco spine label.

590##$aLacking the two final blank leaves.

590##$aPreviously Fk.6.08.

650#0$aGeography, Ancient$vEarly works to 1800.

7001#$aLuchtmans, Jordaan$ebookseller.

7001#$aGronovius, Jacobus$eeditor.

70002$aAethicus Ister$tCosmographia.

70012$aHonorius, Julius$tExcerpta.

7001#$aReynolds, John$eformer owner.

752##$aNetherlands$dLeiden.