MELA, Pomponius (1st century A.D.) & GRONOVIUS, Johann F - Lot 146

MELA, Pomponius (1st century A.D.) & GRONOVIUS, Johann Friedrich (1611-1671). 3 works in 1 vol. in-8 (14 ff) 93 pp. - (14 ff) 67 pp., 112 and 128 pp.-(3 ff) lindex, of which 2ff: have been erroneously placed in the preface], 115 and 60 pp. Contemporary full vellum (minor flaws to spine, head and corner). -Pomponii Melæ libri De Situ Orbis, Nummis antiquis & notis illustrati ab Jacobo Gronovio. Julii Honorii Oratoris Excepta Cosmographiæ ab eodem nunc primum ex MS. edita. Leyden, Jordanus Luchtmans, 1696. In-text figures. (Schweiger, II, page 610, column 2) -Jacobi Gronovii Epistola ad V. Cl. Joannem Georgium Graevium, qua respondetur Argutiolis, quibus in appendice observationem ad Pomponium Melam utitur isaacus Vossius Leyden, Jordanus Luchtmans, 1687 (Schweiger, Il, page 610, columns 1 and 2) -Jacobi Gronovii Epistola ad Joannem Georgium Graevium V. CL. de Pallacopa, ubi descriptio ejus ab Arriano facta liberatur ab Isaaci Vossii frustationibus Leyden, Jordanus Luchtmans, 1686 (Schweiger, Il, page 610, columns 1 and 2). The last two works reflect the dispute between Vossius, Gronovius and Graevius over their respective editions of the text by Pomponius Mela, the oldest known Latin geographer. Provenance: Bibliothèque humaniste du Morbihan.