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Pomponii Melae De situ orbis libri tres. : cum annotationibus Petri Ioannis Oliuarij Valentini, Christianiss. Reginæ Francorum in literis alumni, uiri in Geogaphia eruditissimi. Index præterea locupletissimus in fine operis adiectus

Mela, Pomponius, Oliver, Pedro Juan, 16th cent · 1551 · Lugduni, : apud Antonium Vincentium · 3 pictures

This 1551 Lyon edition of Pomponius Mela's geography, the De situ orbis, carries notes by the French-educated humanist Pedro Juan Oliver and was printed by Antonio Vincenti for scholars. Its pictures are small woodcut decorated initial letters with figures and foliage, plus a printer's or owner's heraldic shield with a chevron, scrolls, and a motto banner, offering a designer compact historic ornament: framed capitals, interlaced vine borders, and crested emblem layouts.

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