Hill Denys Dionysii Orbis Descriptio (.) 1679 Very Good Condition

  
Dionysii orbis descriptionio : commentario critico & geographico ac tabulis illustratata (title also printed in Greek). Small in-8, ivory vellum with flaps, smooth back with manuscript title. 4 unencrypted sheets (title page, preface, errata), 472 pages.

A few sentences underlined in black ink page 137. An example of 8 out-of-text, remarkably well-preserved flyer maps, including the European, Asian, African, and terrestrial planosphere.

Geographical work in Greek and Latin, from the texts of denys the periegete Greek poet and geographer, under the reign of the Hadrian emperor, 2nd century AD. Ex-libris of Jean-Baptist eyries, famous French geographer born in 1767. Eyries, with a prodigious memory, spoke nine languages.

He has published several works of geography and has also translated English and German from many accounts of travelers and explorers. At all ends of the work, there are two handwritten flying papers, the first containing notes on the work of william hill, the second being a machine or building plan. Despite a few foxes, beautiful example. This item is in the category "books, bd, magazines\old books, collection".

The seller is "halseyram" and is located in this country: fr. This item can be shipped to the following country: whole world.

Binding: leather, connected
1. Special features: Limited edition, illustrated
Language: Greek, Latin
2. author: hill, william; denys the perigetus
3. time: until the 19th century
Subject: geography
4. name: Dionysii orbis descriptio: commentario critico