Itinerarium Antonini Aug. Vibius Sequester. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romae. Dionysius Afer de situ orbis

Venice: Aldus, 1518. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good+. 12mo. Red morocco super extra. a.e.g.; black spine labels, lettered in gilt. First and only Aldine edition of this work......8vo (150 x 95mm). 233, [3] leaves, including blank q8, and final leaf with Aldine woodcut device on verso.

First and only Aldine edition of a compilation of ancient Roman writings on geography and cosmography. Mela was an early Roman geographer and author of the only ancient treatise on geography in classical Latin titled De Situ orbis (“A Description of the World”), referred to in the title here. Also included are Solinus’s description of the classical world that was based on Pliny’s ‘Natural History’ and Mela’s geography. The Itinerarium compiled by Antoninus provides a concise survey of the whole of the Roman Empire. Vibius Sequester lists the names of the principal rivers and notable landforms known to the Romans. Victor’s work on the topography of ancient Rome, which appears here for the first time, is an important source for the identification of Roman ruins. The last text is Dionysius Afer’s treatise on cosmography. Renouard I, p. 83, no. 6