Marci Pauli Veneti, historici fidelissimi juxta ac praestantissimi, De regionibus orientalibus libri III : cum codice manuscripto Bibliothecae electoralis Brandenburgicae collati, exq́[ue] eo adjectis notis plurimùm tum suppleti tum illustrati : accedit, propter cognationem materiae, Haithoni Armeni Historia orientalis: quae & De Tartaris inscribitur ; itemque Andreae Mulleri, Greiffenhagii, De Chataja, cujus praedictorum auctorum uterque mentionem facit, disquisitio ; inq́ue ipsum Marcum Paulum Venetum praefatio, & locupletissimi indices.
1671
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Marci Pauli Veneti, historici fidelissimi juxta ac praestantissimi, De regionibus orientalibus libri III : cum codice manuscripto Bibliothecae electoralis Brandenburgicae collati, exq́[ue] eo adjectis notis plurimùm tum suppleti tum illustrati : accedit, propter cognationem materiae, Haithoni Armeni Historia orientalis: quae & De Tartaris inscribitur ; itemque Andreae Mulleri, Greiffenhagii, De Chataja, cujus praedictorum auctorum uterque mentionem facit, disquisitio ; inq́ue ipsum Marcum Paulum Venetum praefatio, & locupletissimi indices.
Created/published
Coloniae Brandenburgicae : Ex officina Georgii Schulzii, typogr. elect, MDCLXXI [1671]
Description
3 pt. in 1 v. ([8], 26, [16], 167, [51]; [4], 107, [9]; [10], 115, [13] p., [2] folded leaves of plates) : ill. ; 21 cm (4to)
Associated name
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323?, author.
Schultze, Georg, fl. 1664-1685, printer.
Runge, Christoph, 1619-1681, printer.
Schultze, Georg, fl. 1664-1685, printer.
Runge, Christoph, 1619-1681, printer.
Note
Title page printed in red and black.
Pt. 2 and 3 each have separate dated title page in black only and begin new pagination and register. Pt. 2 has title "Haithoni Armeni Historia orientalis: quae eadem & De tartaris inscribitur. Anno MDCLXXI," ornament on title page, and is a translation into Latin of "Fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient." Pt. 3 has title "Andreae Mülleri, Greiffenh. Disquisitio geographica & historica, de Chataja, in quâ 1. Praecipuè geographorum nobilis illa controversia: quaenam Chataja sit, & an sit idem ille terrarum tractus, quem Sinas, & vulgò Chinam vocant, aut pars ejus aliqua? latissimè tractatur; 2. Eâdem verò operâ pleraque rerum, quae unquam de Chataja, deq́ue Sinis memorabilia fuerunt, atque etiam nunc sunt, compendiosè enarrantur," floral ornament on t.p. and imprint "Berolini, typis Rungianis. Anno MDCLXXI."
With added title page, engraved, bearing titles of all three works (printed as leaf a4 but bound as a1). Pt. 3 also has its own added engraved title page, not included in register.
Signatures: a⁴ [dagger]-3[dagger]⁴ 4[dagger]1 ):( -2):(⁴ A-2D⁴ 2E² ( -2E2) [(dagger)]⁴ a-o⁴ p² q⁴ r².
Text in Latin with short section in Greek, Arabic, German and Hebrew.
Pt. 3 printed chiefly in double columns.
Head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Each pt. includes its own index.
Pt. 2 and 3 each have separate dated title page in black only and begin new pagination and register. Pt. 2 has title "Haithoni Armeni Historia orientalis: quae eadem & De tartaris inscribitur. Anno MDCLXXI," ornament on title page, and is a translation into Latin of "Fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient." Pt. 3 has title "Andreae Mülleri, Greiffenh. Disquisitio geographica & historica, de Chataja, in quâ 1. Praecipuè geographorum nobilis illa controversia: quaenam Chataja sit, & an sit idem ille terrarum tractus, quem Sinas, & vulgò Chinam vocant, aut pars ejus aliqua? latissimè tractatur; 2. Eâdem verò operâ pleraque rerum, quae unquam de Chataja, deq́ue Sinis memorabilia fuerunt, atque etiam nunc sunt, compendiosè enarrantur," floral ornament on t.p. and imprint "Berolini, typis Rungianis. Anno MDCLXXI."
With added title page, engraved, bearing titles of all three works (printed as leaf a4 but bound as a1). Pt. 3 also has its own added engraved title page, not included in register.
Signatures: a⁴ [dagger]-3[dagger]⁴ 4[dagger]1 ):( -2):(⁴ A-2D⁴ 2E² ( -2E2) [(dagger)]⁴ a-o⁴ p² q⁴ r².
Text in Latin with short section in Greek, Arabic, German and Hebrew.
Pt. 3 printed chiefly in double columns.
Head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Each pt. includes its own index.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 9-16).
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2009-2010. Imagining China.
Cited/described in
Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVII. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), 12:108208R
Includes
Müller, Andreas, 1630-1694. Disquisitio geographica & historica de Chataja.
Hayton, Frère, approximately 1235-approximately 1314. Fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient. Latin.
Hayton, Frère, approximately 1235-approximately 1314. Fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient. Latin.
Place of creation/publication
Germany -- Berlin.
Item Details
Call number
195- 084q
Folger-specific note
In early calf; gold-stamped label and tooling on spine; edges stained red.
Folger accession
195084