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Solinus, C. Julius, active 3rd century?, Badius, Josse, 1462-1535 · 1503 · Venundatur Parrhissris : in regione Diui Iacobi sub signo Diui Martini. · 1 picture

A 1503 Latin printed book, a geographical compendium by the third-century writer Solinus, edited and indexed by the printer Josse Badius and sold in Paris for scholars and readers of ancient geography. The one picture is a woodcut title-page border on the opening leaf, framed by a decorative panel of foliage and a central monogram emblem beneath a band of Latin lettering, showing dense black-and-white ornamental strapwork a designer could adapt for a printed frame or emblem.

Geography, Ancient

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