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Pomponius Mela (d. 45 CE) De Orbis Situ Libri Tres.
Paris: [Chretien Wechel], 1530.
Folio, title page printed within ornate woodcut compartment, lacking final leaf blank but for woodcut device; separate divisional title for commentary printed within the same compartment; bound in half parchment with blue paper-covered boards; ex libris Earl of Macclesfield North Library with bookplate pasted inside the front board and embossed stamps to first three leaves; third edition with the commentary of Joachim Vadian, issued without a map; a very large copy, with many deckle edges and some contemporary marginalia, 13 x 8 1/4 in.
European Americana 530/30; Harrisse, Vetustissima 157; JCB I:102; Sabin 63958.
