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Geografia - Strabone

Rerum geographicarum Libri XVII. Accedunt huic editione, ad Casauboniam III espressoe, 1707

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€ 200 - 300

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€ 258

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Information

Amsterdam, Apud Joanne Wolters, 1707. In Folio, voll. 2, artistic frontispiece with geographical allegories engraved on copper by A. de Blois, large vignette engraved on copper on the title page printed in red and black, 22 cc. nn.; pp. 1329-(1) continuous numbering; 49 cc. nos. Contemporary full parchment binding, gilt title on spine.

Specialist Notes

Excellent specimen. Text in Greek with facing Latin translation. See Brunet V, 554: "Cette édition…est cependant regardée comme une des meilleurs que l'on ait de cet auteur…". Graesse VI, 506: "Dans cette édition joliment imprimée il se trouve l' "Apparatus" entier pour la critique et l'explication de Strabon…".

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