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DIONYSIUS PERIEGETES (2nd century). De situ orbis . Translated from Greek into Latin by Antonio Beccaria (ca 1400-1474). Paris: Georg Wolf and Thielman Kerver for Jean Petit 22 June 1499. Chancery 4 o (202 x 138 mm). Collation : a-b 6 c 4 (a1r title with Petit's device [Davis 92a], a1v blank, a2r text, c3v colophon, c4r table). 16 leaves. 40 lines. Roman types 10:92 (first line of title), 15:79 (text and shoulder notes), Greek type (one word on a3r). Printed Lombard initials. (Some light soiling.) Modern quarter morocco; cloth folding case. Provenance : purchased from Plandome Book Auctions, 15 September 1993. "One of the most popular sources of geographic knowledge in mediaeval times" (Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science , I, p.258). Composed in Greek near the end of the third century, the work is a description of a journey through the known world. This edition was reprinted from that of De Pensis, 1498. It was first printed in Latin by Ratdolt in 1477; the original Greek text was not published until 1512. H 6230; BMC VIII, 216 (IA. 40962); GW 8429; Klebs 349.4; Pr 8384; Goff D-256.