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CAMERS, JOANNES Commentaria in C. Iulii Solini Polyhistora, et Lucii Flori De Romanorum rebus gestis, libros, ac Tabulam Cebetis . . . Praeterea Pomponii Melae De orbis situ libri tres, cum commentariis Ioachimi Vadiani (Ed. Johannes Basilius Herold)
Basel, H. Petri, 1557, First Thus. Original Vellum, [24] leaves, 476 (numbered 478) pp.; [16] leaves,. Very Good/No Jacket.ΒΆ Two parts in one volume. Historiated initials; printer's device at the end. An important composite edition of the commentaries (with the texts) by Joannes Camers and Joachimus Vadianus on the geographical works of Solinus and Pomponius Mela, the history of Florus, and the "Table of Cebes," which had all been published separately at various dates in various places.Solinus's Collectanea rerum memorabilium ("Collection of Memorable Things"), was composed soon after A.D. 200. It introduced the name "Mediterranean Sea," and was the most popular Latin geographical work throughout the Middle Ages. The "Table of Cebes" a famous allegorical composition on the life of man, known as the Pinax ("Picture," or "Table") of Cebes, because it was ascribed to the Pythagorean philosopher by that name, a follower of Socrates; however, it is thought to be of much later date since it contains elements of Stoic philosophy of the Roman empire. Several were favorite schoolbooks in the Renaissance. Pomponius Mela composed his pioneering Latin geography at the time of Claudius's invasion of Britain (AD 43-44), which it may be designed to celebrate. The work, which was used by the elder Pliny, systematically orders the lands and seas on the globe, and lists names of peoples and places with some ethnographic detail in an order following the sea coasts. For a detailed description, please write. VD 16, S 6970; Hieronymus, Petri, 190; Schweiger 960; Adams S-1395. Marginal dampstain throughout, Folio, Orig. vellum, has the woodcut printer's emblem, but lacks the rear blank..
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