Numidia by Mela Pomponius (1 results)

No binding. Condition: Good. 140 x 160 mm., with small centrefold split restored in the lower margin not affecting the image, otherwise in fine condition. Pomponius Mela's "De Situ Orbis" was one of the classical texts on geography along with the more famous Ptolemy "Geografia". This edition by the publisher Heinrich Petri included a series of small maps that of part of the North African coastline is offered here. It also depicts in the Mediterranean Sea the islands of Sicily, Sardinia and Malta. Shirley BL Atlases G.Mela 1a no. 14.…