Stephanos Peri poleon = Stephanus De urbibus

Stephanos, ho Byzantios, 6th cent, Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708, Pinedo, Thomas de, Gronovius, Jacobus, 1645-1716, Jonge, Jacob de, fl. 1657-1678 · 1678 · Amstelodami : Typis Jacobi de Jonge · 59 pictures

A 1678 Amsterdam edition of Stephanus of Byzantium's ancient geographical dictionary of cities and peoples, printed by Jacob de Jonge with Latin apparatus by Gronovius and others. The pictures are decorative initial letters, large capital I and E framed by interlaced strapwork, scrolls, rosettes and a grotesque bird or dragon head, which a designer could adapt for ornamental capitals and borders.

Geography · Cities and towns, Ancient · Ethnology

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