$3,690
Solinus (early 3rd century) Polyhistor, Rerum Toto Orbe Memorabilium Thesaurus Locupletissimus [... ] Pomponii Melae de Situ Orbis Libros Tres. Basel: Mich. Isingrinium, 1543. Folio, edited by Sebastian Munster, illustrated with numerous woodcut text maps, and two double page/folding maps, bound in later half leather with marbled paper boards, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title and three stamps, one has been inked over, contents generally good, 12 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. The double-page "Asia Maior" map, which includes the earliest representation of the Pacific Northwest coast of the North American continent, according to Burden. It is labeled "Terra Incognito."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-05-23
