C. Iulii Solini Polyhistor, rerum toto orbe memorabilium thesaurus locupletissimus
Subtitle: Huic ob argumenti similitudinem Pomponii Melæ De situ orbis libros tres, fide diligentiaque summa denuò iam recognitos, adiunximus. His accesserunt præter priora scholia & tabulas geographicas permultas, Petri quoq[ue] Olivarii Valentini, uiri in geographia excellenter docti, annotationes, quibus & loci non pauci, à plerisq[ue] parum hactenus intellecti, dilucidè illustrantur, & uetustis locorum appellationibus recentiora sigillatim nomina subijciuntur. Cum gemino indice, quorum alter supra res alias memorabiles, locorum ac regionum omnium, marium ac sinuum nomina, alter uerò recentiores eorundem appellationes complectitur
Contributors: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552; Oliver, Pedro Juan, 16th cent; Mela, Pomponius; Camers, Joannes, 1447-1546
Publisher: apud Mich. Isingrinium
Published: 1543
Place of publication: Basileæ
Language: lat
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Ancient Geography; Geography
Other titles: Polyhistor, rerum toto orbe memorabilium thesaurus locupletissimus.
Work titles: Polyhistor
Notes: Originally published under title: Iulii Solini De situ et memorabilibus orbis capitula. Venice, 1473.

Consists of text, by Solinus and Mela, and commentary, by Sebastian Münster and Pedro Juan Oliver (the latter printed in italics)

Title vignette: Printer's device, signed: Palma Ising.

Colophon: Basileæ apud Michaelem Ising. M. D. XLIII.

Signatures: a⁶ beta⁴ ²a⁴ b-z⁴ 2A-2F⁴ (a1 verso, 2F4 recto blank)

Plates (maps) unnumbered.

Cf. Wagner, H.R.  The cartography of the Northwest coast of America to the year 1800, v.1: p. 9.

Includes index.

Contains life of Solinus, by Joannes Camers (p. [3-4], 1st count)

Text by Solinus covers p. [1]-144, 2nd count, 2 folded maps, with preface on p. [20], 1st count; text by Mela covers p. 147-229, with preface on p. [145]-146.

Folded map accompanying p. 144 shows territory to the east of Asia marked "Terra incognita", considered to represent the Northwest coast of North America. Wagner (in discussing the 1538 edition), however, questions this opinion and holds that it might represent Japan instead. The text on p. 144 refers to it [in translation] as "... extreme coast, as has been explored in our time by men."

JCB Lib. cat., additions 1471-1700, 7.

Harrisse, H.  Americana, Add. 143.

BM STC German, 1455-1600, 818.

Burmeister, K.H.  Sebastian Münster, 172.