‎POMPONIUS MELA‎
‎De situ orbis ‎

‎Melas Pomponius. Narrative Geography. De situ orbis. In 2 Volumes In Latin (ask‎

‎Melas Pomponius. Narrative Geography. De situ orbis. In 2 Volumes In Latin (ask us if in doubt)/Pomponiy Mela. Opisatelnaya geografiya. De situ orbis. V 2 tomakh In Latin and Greek Leiden 1748. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb43b3adde926df6cc‎

‎Pomponii Melae De situ orbis libri tres: cum annotationibus Petri Ioannis Oliuarij Valentini, Christianiss. Reginae Francorum in literis alumni, uiri in geographia eruditissimi : cum indice copiosissimo‎

‎ 1538 Lyon, Apud Hæredes Simonis Vincentij. 1538. Édition originale. Un volume in-18 (12 x 17,5 cm), 136-[40] pp. (signatures: (sig. A-L8). Colophon: "Excudebat Lugduni Mathias Bonhomme Ann. M. D. XXXVIII". Ouvrage agrémenté de 79 jolies lettrines florales ou allégoriques. Reliure d'époque en plein vélin blanc, dos lisse, quatre petits nerfs apparents. Premier plat de la couverture légèrement sali, mouillure/moisissure importante dans les quinze premières pages du livre, avec perte en bas à droite de la page de titre, dont le verso est sévèrement sali (heureusement restaurée contemporaine visible). Quelques inscriptions et annotations anciennes à la plume (cf. p. 96). Le reste de l'ouvrage est propre et en bon état, la reliure est bien solide.‎

‎Né à Tingenter, en Ibérie, Pomponius Mela est un géographe romain du Ier siècle après Jésus-Christ. Il a donné une description du monde connu (De situ orbis libri III ou De chorographia), qui a été largement imprimée à partir de la Renaissance. La présente édition lyonnaise est le fait de Macé Bonhomme, imprimeur et typographe d'origine parisienne, qui a oeuvré un temps sous l'enseigne des héritiers de Simon Vincent. (Réf. Gultlingen VIII, p. 68, n° 21 ; Huguet, n° 15). ‎

‎De situ orbis libri III. Cum notis integris Hermolai Barbari, Petri Joannis Olivarii, Fredenandi Nonni Pintiani, Petri Ciacconii, Andrea Schotti, Isaci Vossi, & Jacobi Gronovii. Accedunt Julii Honorii Oratoris excerpta cosmographiae. Cosmographia falso aethicum auctorem præferens cum Varis Lectionibus ex MS. Ravennatis anonymi geographia ex MS. Leideinsi suppleta. curante Abrahamo Gronovio.‎

‎Lugduni Batavorum (Leyde), Ex officina Samuelis Luchtmans, 1722. In-8 de [80]-811-[37]p. demi-vélin, dos lisse, non rogné. ‎

‎Frontispice gravé, une carte dépliante et nombreuses figures in-texte. Mela est le plus ancien géographe romain. Hormis le fait qu'il était originaire de la province de Bétique, dans la baie d'Algésiras, et qu'il écrivait aux alentours de 43, on ne sait rien de lui. En dehors des chapitres géographiques de l'Histoire naturelle de Pline l'Ancien (où Mela est cité comme une référence importante), le De situ orbis (ou De chorographia) est le seul traité sur le sujet en latin classique. La carte figure le monde selon Mela. Accident au bas du dos. ‎

‎De situ orbis libri III. Cum notis integris Hermolai Barbari ... Accedunt Petri Joannis Nunnesii Epistola de Patria Pomponii Melae, & Adnotata in prooemium, atque duo priora Capita Libri I. Et Jacobi Perizonii Adnotationes ad Libri I. Capita septemdecim.‎

‎Leiden, Samuel Luchtmans et filius, 1748. 8vo (200 x 130 mm). Mit gest. Frontispiz, 1 gest. und mehrfach gefalteten Weltkarte sowie 43 Kupfern im Text. [10] Bl., 545 S., 1 Bl. (Zwischentitel), 547-1081 S., [27] Bl. Pergamentband d. Z. ‎

‎The first latin work on geography, here edited by the Dutch philologist Abraham Gronovius (1695-1775). The Spaniard Pomponius Mela wrote his description of the world (known as De chorographia or De situ orbis) about AD 44. It remained influential until the Reanaissance and its voyages of explorations. This Leiden edition also contains the commentraries of Pedro Juan Nuñez and Jacob Perizon. - Few notes by an old hand in the first fly-leaf. - Contemporary vellum, with ms. title on head of spine. Provenance: Bookplate of the Viennese economist Franz PollackParnau (1903-1981).‎

‎Pomponii Melae De situ orbis libri III. Cum notis integris Hermolai Barbari, Petri Joannis Olivarii, Fredenandi Nonii Pintiani, Petri Ciacconii, Andreae Schotti, Isaci Vossii, & Jacobi Gronovii. Accedunt Julii Honorii oratoris Excerpta Cosmographiae. Cosmographia falso Aethicum auctorem praeferens, cum variis lectionibus ex MS. Ravennatis Anonymi Geographia, ex MS. Leidensis suppleta, curante Abrahamo Gronovio. ‎

‎Leiden (Lugduni Batavorum), Ex officina Samuelis Luchtmans, 1722. ‎

‎8vo. (LXXX),811,(36 index),(1 blank) p., frontispiece, folding map. Vellum 21 cm Prize copy (Ref: STCN ppn 238632024; Schweiger 2,611; Brunet 4,801; Dibdin 2,356; Graesse 5,402/403; Ebert 13632; Spoelder p. 683, Utrecht 3) (Details: Prize copy of the 'Gymnasium Hieronymianum' at Utrecht, without the prize. Gilt coat of arms of Utrecht within gilt borders on both boards. 6 thongs laced through the joints. The frontispiece, designed by H. van der My and etched by F. Bleyswyck, depicts a cartographer drawing a map of the world, in the foreground 2 women, one is a cartographer inspecting a map with rule and compass, the other is an archaeologist busy inspecting ancient treasures. Title printed in red and black. The folding map of the earth according to Mela at the beginning of the text is by 'P. Bertius, christianissimi regis geographus'. Engraved text illustrations of coins. 1 full page illustration of 2 sculptured scenes from reliefs 'in hortis Mattheis' (p. 117) The first 304 pages contain the text and commentary. The rest of the book is filled with the annotations of earlier important scholars, especially Isaac Vossius. His observationes fill the pages 316-606. At the end we find Julius Honorius' 'Excerpta quae ad Cosmographiam pertinent' (p. 685-702), the 'Cosmographia antehac temere Aetico adscripta' (p. 703-733), and the 'Ravennatis Anonymi Geographiae libri quinque' (737-811)) (Condition: Binding slightly soiled. Prize gone. All four ties gone. Name on the front flyleaf. Prize removed) (Note: Pomponius Mela, a geographer from the South of Spain, wrote in 43/44 under Claudius the first surviving work on geography in Latin. Pomponius is foremost a writer: distances, directions and other useful information for sailors or travellers is lacking. His work was meant for the educated and curious Roman public. The work was known in the Middle Ages, and in the following centuries he was read at school. The Dutch classical scholar Abraham Gronovius, 1695-1775, acted as librarian at Leyden University from 1741 until his death. He edited editions of the 'Historiae Philippicae' of Justinus, and two editions of Aelianus. He showed interest in geographical matters, and published at Leiden in 1739 his 'Varia Geographica'. He based this new 'Variorum' edition of the geographer Mela Pomponius on an edition which was previously published in 1696 by his father Jacobus Gronovius, 1645-1716, who was professor Greek of the University of Leiden) (Provenance: On the front flyleaf in ink: 'Ex praemiis P.G. v. Poolsum 1731'. We found a Petrus Georgius van Poolsum, born in Utrecht in 1718, who became minister of the protestant church of Doorn in 1741. He died in 1772. Does the inscription mean that young Van Poolsum, age 13, received this prize in 1731? This seems possible, for he has the right age and was from Utrecht. Spoelder signals 3 copies of prizes with this type of coat of arms; they were awarded between 1689 and 1711) (Collation: pi1, *-5*8; A-3G8 (leaf 3G8 verso blank) (Photographs on request) ‎