Pomponii Melae De situ orbis

12mo. ff. 233, [3]. Signatures: a-z⁸, A-F⁸ G⁴ (leaves q8 and G3 blank).

Bound with Julius Solinus, Polyhistor; Antoninus Augustus, Itinerarium provinciarum; Vibius Sequester, Liber de fluminibus; Publius Victor, De regionibus urbis Romae; Dionysius Afer, De situ orbis Prisciano interprete.

There are two copies in this collection. The first one is in 19th-century goatskin, the present is in early calf, with ‘extensive’ annotation but lacking the final two leaves.

Title page vignette: printer's device, signed: 'Aldus'; device repeated on verso of final leaf.

A collection of six works of classical authors, edited by Franciscus Asulanus. Mela's work was originally published under title: 'Cosmographia, sive De situ orbis.' Milan, 25 Sept. 1471. The appended city guide to first-century Rome by ‘Publius Victor’ (perhaps really by Aulo Giano Parrasio) was in fact the work of modern humanists, based on unnamed Latin authorities. .

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