ID 474485
Lot 266 | MELA, Pomponio (attivo 43-50) - De orbis situ libri tres. Paris: Christian Wechel, 1540.
Estimate value
€ 400 – 600
Folio edition printed in Paris by Wechel of this Latin geographical essay with an extensive commentary by Joachim Vadianus.
Folio (309 x 210mm). Title with printer's device, woodcut initials, some of which are historiated (the map of the world is missing and reproduced in facsimile, minimal and expert restorations to title, light browning, small wormhole to lower margin from p. 153 without loss). Antique-style modern vellum binding with manuscript titles on spine (some stains); preserved in a modern marbled paper case.
| Auction house category: | Books, manuscripts and engravings |
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