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STRABO (64/63 B.C. CA. 25 A.D.). Rerum geographicarum libri septemdecim, in Greek and Latin. Translated and edited by Guilielmus Xylander. Basel: Henricpetri press, August 1571.
2o (319 x 210 mm). Greek and roman types, double column, woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device on title, smaller device on verso of last leaf, 27 double-page woodcut maps (including three repeats) by Sebastian Mnster, 6 smaller maps in the text by Johann Honter and others, one woodcut text diagram. (Tear to title-leaf touching imprint, worming to gutter margins affecting images, borders or captions of 6 mapsheets, one or two short fold breaks, some light dampstaining.) Late 18th-century German sheep-backed marbled-paper boards, central lozenge ?containing ownership mark cut out of front cover, red calf gilt lettering-piece on spine, edges stained yellow (worn and rubbed). Provenance: Orlans, Minims (early inscription on title-page).
Xylander's edition of Strabo is illustrated with most of the maps used in Sebastian Mnster's editions of Ptolemy, printed by Heinrich Petri and his heirs from 1540. Adams S-1907; BM/STC German p. 834; Phillips Atlases 3390.
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Xylander's edition of Strabo is illustrated with most of the maps used in Sebastian Mnster's editions of Ptolemy, printed by Heinrich Petri and his heirs from 1540. Adams S-1907; BM/STC German p. 834; Phillips Atlases 3390.