Periegetes, Dionysius (sold)
Dionysius Periegetes (fl. 110-140) Εὐστάθιος Θεσσαλονίκης, literally Dionysius the Voyager or Traveller, also known as Dionysius of Alexandria or Dionysius the African, was the author of a description of the then-known world in Greek hexameter verse. He is believed to have lived in Alexandria during the reign of Emperor Hadrian. His work survived mainly as a schoolbook, intended to teach Greek and (with later translations) Latin.
With the only pre-1500 map reflecting the Age of Discovery.
This is a rare, important 1482 incunable edition of Pomponius Mela's Cosmographi Geographica or De situ orbis, the only full Latin text on geography to have survived the classical era. This 1482 edition is doubly important as the first geographical text to include a map, as opposed to an atlas. Moreover, it is the only map of the pre-1500 era to show evidence of the Portuguese voyages of discovery. (more details)