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STEPHANUS, Byzantinus. Peri poleon . . . De urbibus. Greek text with Latin translation and notes; edited by Thomas de Pinedo. [20], 800, [83] pages, including leaf with etched emblem following title. Folio, 335x220 mm, contemporary 1/4 deerskin(?), spine heavily worn, with chipped later paper lettering piece; scattered light foxing; uncut. Prince Liechtenstein armorial bookplate. wide-margined copy. Amsterdam: Jacobus de Jonge, 1678
first pinedo edition of the 6th-century epitome of an earlier geographical dictionary of ancient Greece, of which the original text survives only in fragments. Hoffmann III, 441; Sarton I, 433.
