Author: PAUSANIAS. Mousouros, Markos [or Marcus Musurus].
Title: [Descriptio Graeciae, ex recensione M. Musuri, Graecè]. [Editio Princeps].
Description: [Venetiis, in aedib Aldi et Andreae, 1516]. 282 pp. 18th century h.calf, gilt tooled. 4to. - First three pages, incl. the title-page with printer's device, in manuscript on early 20th century paper; last leaf with colophon and anchor missing; spine and leather corner pieces neatly restored; some pages with contemporary annotations in the margins. * Adams II, 521; Ahmansson-Murphy 146; Brunet IV, 454; Dibdin II, 271; Renouard, Aldus, 76/ 3; Short-Title Cat. Italy II, 535. - Extremely rare post-incunable. The first printed edition of Pausanias' Description of Greece, printed by the Aldine Press. This edition was established by Marcus Musurus from the fifteenth century manuscript, which is now in Florence. It is described by N.G. Wilson as one of the best of the editiones principles (From Byzantium to Italy, p.155). Pausanias (ca. 115, Lydia - 180, Rome) was a renowned writer and geographer from Greek Asia Minor who devoted ten or twenty years to travelling in mainland Greece during and after the reign of Hadrian, in the brief golden age of the Roman Empire (2nd century A.D.). He is famous for his Discription of Greece, a comprehensive travel guide that describes ancient Greece from firsthand observations. A crucial link between classical literature and modern archaeology and very valuable for the study of the topography, mythology and archeology. Kühnius adopted the text of this Aldine edition. - - THIS BOOK IS NOT AVAILABLE IN OUR SHOP IN THE OUDE HOOGSTRAAT. PLEASE MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE BOOK. - -

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