[Classical antiquity. Geography] Pomponius Mela. Pomponii Melae De situ orbis libri tres,

summa fide atq, dilige[n]tia recogniti, unà cum annotationibus Patri Ioanis Olivarii Valentini, viri in geographia eruditisimi. Cum indice coposissimo. Paris, P. Regnault, 1539, 136,(40) p., woodcut printer's mark on title, woodcut initial, contemporary Italian limp vellum with old manuscript title on spine, sm. 8vo.

Title p. w. a few small holes in blank areas and various intriguing old owner's entries in pen; partly waterst.; a few unobtrusive old annots./underlinings. Pastedowns sl. defective; lacks ties. A fair copy of a very rare edition, one of several Paris editions by various publishers issued that year. The first edition was published in 1471. Pomponius Mela was the earliest Roman geographer, writing around AD 43.