. Monuments of early printing in Germany, the Low Countries, Italy, France and England, 1460-1500 . A RARE EARLY GEOGRAPHY. 1482. 135. POMPONIUS MELA. Pomponii Melae Cosmographia;Geographia prisciani quo(i ex Dioiiysio Thessaloniconsi de situ orhisinterpretatio. Gothic Letter, long lines, 31 to the page, withsignatures. Fine woodcut Map of the World as known toPtolemy on back of first leaf. Ornamental woodcut initialletters. 4to, old English red moroeeo gilt, borders on sides, tooledback, gilt edges. Venice. Erhardt Ratdolt. 1482. $()()().00 FIRST EDITION WITH THE MAP. Contains a modifiedPtole
. Monuments of early printing in Germany, the Low Countries, Italy, France and England, 1460-1500 . A RARE EARLY GEOGRAPHY. 1482. 135. POMPONIUS MELA. Pomponii Melae Cosmographia;Geographia prisciani quo(i ex Dioiiysio Thessaloniconsi de situ orhisinterpretatio. Gothic Letter, long lines, 31 to the page, withsignatures. Fine woodcut Map of the World as known toPtolemy on back of first leaf. Ornamental woodcut initialletters. 4to, old English red moroeeo gilt, borders on sides, tooledback, gilt edges. Venice. Erhardt Ratdolt. 1482. $()()().00 FIRST EDITION WITH THE MAP. Contains a modifiedPtolemaic Map of the World engraved on wood, of Europe, Asia and 80 GEORGE D. SMITH, 547 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK. NO. 135. Pomponii Mellae Geographia. 1482. P()nii)onius Mela—Continued. the Northern portion of Africa, showing the River Nile, with itssources in two lakes, one directly on the Equator, and the other of it. lakes correspond in places with those now calledthe Albert and Victoria Nyanza, showing that their location wassurmised, if not actually known to Geographers four Centuries beforetheir late Rediscovery. At the South streams rising in mountainsflow into Lakes. The Niger in Western Africa is also laiddown. This Map is a very early example of true Chiaroscuroprinting. Of Pomponius ]Mela nothing whatever is known, but heis believed to have lived in the time of the Emperor Claudius. Thisis one of the earliest of all Geographical Works, the First Edition ofwhich, without any Map, appeared in 1471. It is written in asimple and clear style and notwithstanding its conciseness is enlivenedwith interesting descriptions of Manners and Customs. THEFIRST BOOK IN THE C
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