Year/Century: 18th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Binding: Vellum
Description: MELAE POMPONIIEds. O.J. Nunnesius, J. Perizonius, and A. Gronovius, De Situ Orbis Libri III. Luchtmans, J. and S. Leyden, 1782 One volume with three parts (20,1081, 50 p.). Frontispiece with engravings, foldable map, and text illustrations. In excellent condition. not connected.Light foxing. Measures 5 1/4 by 8 3/4". Original school prize vellum binding with a rectangle rolled border including a gilt coat of arms of Amsterdam, coat of arms corner pieces on both covers, and a gilt spine with compartments containing a coat of arms. Latin text. Rome's first geographer was Pomponius Mela, who lived around AD 43. He passed away around AD 45 and was born in Tingentera, which is now Algeciras. De situ orbis libri III., one of his little works, was in use almost until the year 1500.The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911) describes it as "dry in style and deficient in method, but of pure Latinity, and occasionally relieved by pleasing word-pictures." It is less than a hundred pages of standard type. The De situ orbis is the only formal treatise on the subject written in Classical Latin, with the exception of the geographical sections of Pliny's Historia naturalis, where Mela is cited as a significant authority.
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