[Rarebooks] FS: Scarse ed. of Solinus' ancient geography. Cologne: 1520

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Solinus, C. Julius. POLYHISTOR, Seu Rerum Orbis Memorabilium Collectanea... (Cologne: E. Cervicornus and H. Fuchs. Dec. 1520). 4to. ff.xcii,(12). Index. Title within a fine woodcut border. Old vellum, later rebacked. A very clean copy with numerous old marginal notes.              $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
An excellent and scarce edition of the Ancient Geography of Solinus, edited by Johannes Camers (1447-1546) whose life of the author precedes the text. Camers made revisions to the text, which he divided into 70 chapters, adds his commentary and a comprehensive index. VD 16 S6964; BMC German p. 818; Procter. GERMAN BOOKS #10592; not in Adams.

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