[Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Mela, P., Solinus, J. a.o. (Works). Introd. and ed. F. Asul

[Incunabula and early 16th cent. books]. Mela, P., Solinus, J. a.o. (Works). Introd. and ed. F. Asulanus. Venice, Aldus Manutius & Soceri, 1518, (1),233,(3) lvs., woodcut printer's mark (repeated on final leaf), 19th cent. vellum. - Two bookplates on first endpaper; owner's entries on first blank and title-p. Binding w. a few sm. specks. A fine, internally clean copy. = Renouard p.83, no.6; Adams M1053; Dibdin II, p.355. "In this impression, Asulanus followed a MS. found at Venice, and doubtless availed himself of the aid of previously printed texts" (Dibdin). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXL.