Commentaria in C. Iulii Solini Polyhistora, et Lucii Flori de Romanorum rebus gestis, libros
Subtitle: ac Tabulam Cebetis, omnibus et res ecclesiasticas et ciuiles administrantibus, siue lucem, siue rerum uarietatem doctrinamq[ue] spectes, utilissima
By: Ioanne Camerte autore viro in omni literarum genere prestanti: praeterea Pomponii Melæ De orbis situ libri tres, cum commentarijs Ioachimi Vadiani philosophi, medici & poetae, praemissa eiusdem rudimentaria de geographia catechesi. Item alia ex Ioachimi Vadiani lucubrationibus utilioribus & iucu[n]dioribus, opuscula, cuius generis sunt: de Vadianae familiae insignibus exegesis. Locorum aliquot ex commentario in Melam explanationes. Ad Rodolphum Agricolam epistola eandem materiam tractans. De Gallo & Gallinis syntagma, &c
Contributors: Cebes, Of Thebes; Vadianus, Joachim, 1484-1551; Agricola, Rudolph, 1490-1521; Solinus, C. Julius, active 3rd century?; Florus, Lucius Annaeus; Mela, Pomponius
Publisher: Per Henrichum Petri. Cum Caesareae maiestatis gratia & priuilegio.
Published: 1557
Place of publication: Basileae [Basel]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 478
Subjects: Ancient Geography; History; Discovery and exploration; Portuguese; Spanish
Other titles: Commentaria in C. Ivlii Solini Polyhistora, et Lvcii Flori de Romanorum rebus gestis, libros.; Kebētos Thēbaiou pinax. Latin.
Notes: Colophon reads: Basileae, per Henricvm Petri; mense Augvsto anno M. D. L VIII.

A collection of the ancient geographies of Solinus and Pomponius Mela, with expensive commentaries by Joannes Camers and Joachim Vadianus. Also included is the Roman history of Florus and the "Tables of Cebes" of Thebes.

"Iulii Solini Polyhistor. Ioannes Camertis ordinis minorvm, bonarvm artium, ac sacrae thelogiae doctoris eximij, in Iulium Solinum Enarrationes", p. 1-344, 2nd count, has separate caption title and was first printed in Venice, 1520.

"Annotationum in Lucium Florum, Ioannis Camertis ordinis minorum: sacrarum literarum D. eximij libellus", p. 345-424, 2nd through 5th counts, has separate caption title.

"Ioannis Camertis ordinis minorum, sacrae theologiae doctoris eximij, in tabulam Cebetis Thebani philosophi commentariolum", p. 427-478, 5th through 7th counts, has separate caption title.

Pomponii Melae De orbis situ libri tres, unà cum commentariis Ioachimi Vadiani", p. [1-32], p. 1-222, and p. [1-2] 8th through 10th counts, has divisional title page, and was first printed in Vienna, 1518, and in an expanded edition in Basel, 1522. This section contains references to Amerigo Vespucci and to Spanish and Portuguese discoveries in the New World.

"Loca aliqvot ex Pomponianis commentariis repetita, indicataq[ue], in quibus censendis, & aestimandis Ioanni Cametri theologo minoritano, uiro doctissimo, suis in Solinu[m] enarrationibus, cum Ioachimo Vadiano non admodum conuenit", p. 223-268, 11th count.

"Ioachimvs Vadianvs Hevetivs poeta a Caesare Laureatus, Rudolpho Agricolae iuniori Rheto S.D.", p. 269-280, 11th count, has separate caption title, and incorporates a letter from Joachim Vadianus in which the New World is designated America. It was first printed in Vienna, 1515.

"Ioachimi Vadiani Heluetii mythicum syntagma, cui titulus callus pugnans", p. 281-297, 11th count, has separate caption title.

Text in center of page surrounded on three sides by commentary.

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Includes indexes on p. [17-48], 1st count, p. 478, 7th count, and p. [19-31], 8th count.

Errors in paging: p. 235, 297, 312, 363, 364, 366, 398, and 405, 2nd count misnumbered 135, 197, 212, 563, 564, 566, 402, and 407; p. 314, 2nd count, is unnumbered; p. 436, 5th count, misnumbered 643; p. 469, 7th count, misnumbered 468; p. 192, 9th count, misnumbered 178; p. 226 and 236, 11th count, misnumbered 224 and 246.

Woodcut initials.

Cf. Moraes, R.B. de. Bib. Brasiliana (1983 ed.), II: p. 682-683.

Cf. Alden, J.E. European Americana, 515/1.

Cf. Alden, J.E. European Americana, 518/6.

Cf. Alden, J.E. European Americana, 522/9.

BM STC, 1455-1600, p. 819.