GEOFROY - ANTONINUS (PIUS) AUGUSTUS.
Itinerarium provinciarum omnium Antonini Augusti, com Fragmento eiusdem/ necnon indice haud quaquam aspernando. Cum privilegio, ne quis temere hoc ab hinc duos annos imprimat
Paris, Henriccus Stephanus (Estienne), (1512, -on verso of f. 3). 12mo. (or small 8vo). Beautiful cont. full brown calf w. three raised bands on back; back richlty decorated with blindstamped ornamentations. Boards w. blindstamped triple-borders, creating double-frames w. blindstamped ornamentations at inner corners and large blindstamped centre-ornamentation. Remains of cloth-ties to boards. Four small wormholes to boards, and upper capital with loss. Small single wormholes to margins, not affecting any text. Internally in vey good condition. Printed in red and black throughout. W 5 larger and 18 smaller beautiful woodcut initials, woodcut printer's devise at end. 4 (f. 2: Godofredus Torinus Bituricus Philiberto Baboo viro modestissimo S.P.D. + f. 4: Torinus lectoris Salutem) , (3) ((1): Compendium in vitam Antonini Pij ex Iulio Capitolino &. M. Antonio Sabellico. + (3): Gerardi Versellani Burgundi Carmen hendecasyllabon In malos impressores.) ff, one blank, 92 ff. ("Incipit itinerarium provinciarium omnium antonii augusti.), 60 ff. ((p.1): Fragmentum Itinerarii Antonini Pij.), (p. 4): Index eorum quem in Itinerario continentur., last five ff.: Latitudo + Longitudo for some European and African cities (3 pp.) + Recognitiones errorum qui inter imprimendum incuria contigerunt (6 pp.), colophon).
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