MERCIER (JEAN) Tabulae In Grammaticen Linguae Chaldaeae, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1560; MACROBIUS...

MERCIER (JEAN) Tabulae in Grammaticen Linguae Chaldaeae, quae & Syriaca dicitur, engraved printer's device on title, text in Latin and Hebrew, marginal damp-staining, small hole on last leaf repaired, modern half-morocco with marbled boards, gilt title on spine [USTC 152955; Adams M1310], 4to, Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1560--MACROBIUS (AMBROSIUS AURELIUS THEODOSIUS) In Somnium Scipionis, libri II. Saturnaliorum, libri VII, later quarter vellum, manuscript title on spine [USTC 839418; EDIT16 CNCE 35297], 8vo, Venice, Giovanni I Griffio, 1565 (2) Footnotes: The edition of Macrobius in this lot contains a good clean impression of his circular world map - differing from Ptolemy's concept in that the world is divided into a northern inhabited continent separated by an ocean from a southern continent. This particular version of the map is not recorded in Shirley (The Mapping of the World, 13). Saleroom notices: Please note the date on the title page is 1560 but the date in the colophon is 1563. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

Saleroom Notice:
Please note the date on the title page is 1560 but the date in the colophon is 1563.