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Pomponii Melae De situ orbis, libri tres. : cum indice

Mela, Pomponius, Camers, Joannes, 1447-1546 · 1520 · [Cologne : E. Cervicornus and H. Fuchs for Ludwig Hornken] · 4 pictures

A 1520 Latin geography text by Pomponius Mela, edited by Joannes Camers, printed in Cologne by E. Cervicornus and H. Fuchs for Ludwig Hornken, and held by the John Carter Brown Library. The pictures are woodcut printer's ornaments: a square headpiece of interlaced knots and flowers, a historiated initial with a sea creature, a richly framed title page with figures, and a bookplate-like coat of arms; a designer could draw on the dense black-and-white ornament and interlace borders.

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