Strabo, Geographicorum lib. XVII, Basel, 1539, contemporary tooled calf dated 1541, Lviv provenance

Strabo

Geographicorum lib. XVII olim, ut putatur, a Guarino Veronensi ac Gregorio Tifernate Latinitate donati, iam denuo a Conrado Herensbachio... ad fidem Graeci exemplaris... recogniti... Item, epitomae eorundem... Basel: Johann Walder, 1539

folio (331 x 218mm.), title within woodcut border with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, different printer's device on final verso (otherwise blank), contemporary German blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, title lettered in gilt on upper cover with the date 1541, paper label at head of spine, two clasps, hole for chaining staple at head of lower cover, inventory number 17 at head of foredge, manuscript fragments in binding, binding slightly rubbed, corners bumped, foot of spine repaired

The Latin epitome of Strabo, which is printed here for the first time, is by Hieronymus Gemuseus. The binding contains a roll-tooled border which is associated with Georg Vicker, active in Leipzig 1519-1550.

LITERATURE:

VD16 S 9347

PROVENANCE:

Con[ventu]s Leop[oliensi]^s SS CC [Sanctissimi Corpus Christi], the Dominican convent of Corpus Christi in Lviv; university library of Lemburg (Lviv), inscription on inside front cover; Bibliot. Ossoli, purple ink library stamp on title (the Ossolineum was founded in 1817 in Lviv)