first edition Hardcover
1909 · Cambridge
by Cosmas Indicopleustes
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Biblical scholar Cuthbert Turner's copy, with his signature and occasional underlining and marginalia. Critical edition of this 6th century work, one of the earliest essays in scientific geography written by a Christian author. Cosmas was a pupil of the East Syriac Patriarch Aba I and was himself a follower of the Church of the East. Octavo: x, 376 p. with 14 plates. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. Mild wear to the corners and tips; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 75688)