STRABO. 63 B.C.E.-24 C.E. De Situ Orbis Libri XVII. Basel: Henricus Petrus, 1549.

About the object: STRABO. 63 B.C.E.-24 C.E.\nDe Situ Orbis Libri XVII. Basel: Henricus Petrus, 1549.\nFolio (310 x 206 mm). 416 laves, 29 woodcut initials, 1 small woodcut map, text in Latin and Greek in two columns. Rebacked in reused antiphonal vellum, gilt-lettered morocco title label on spine, a few repaired tears, one with old transparent tape, slight dampstaining.\n\nStrabo was born in Amaseia, in what is now Turkey, and traveled extensively in Asia Minor, Egypt and the Italian peninsula. He moved to Rome at the age of 21 and studied philosophy under the Peripatetic Xenarchus. This work, derived from his own travels and those recounted by others, describes the inhabited world as Strabo knew it, with only Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and India included.

dimensions: Folio (310 x 206 mm). 416 laves, 29 woodcut initials, 1 small woodcut map, text in Latin and Greek in two columns. Rebacked in reused antiphonal vellum, gilt-lettered morocco title label on spine, a few repaired tears, one with old transparent tape, slight dampstaining.

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