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Pomponius Mela De situ orbis ab Hermolao Barbaro et Jo. Camerte castigatus. : cum indice

Mela, Pomponius, Barbaro, Ermolao, 1454-1493, Camers, Joannes, 1447-1546 · 1512 · Lipsiae : ex aedib[us] Uuolffgangi Monacensis · 3 pictures

A 1512 Latin edition of Pomponius Mela's geography, printed in Leipzig at the press of Wolfgang Monacensis and edited by Ermolao Barbaro and Joannes Camers for scholars and students. The title page is set in heavy black letter inside an architectural border of columns, putto figures and a printer's device, a model for designers planning dense, symmetrical text pages framed by classical ornament.

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