ORBIS ANTIQUUS, EX TABULA ITINERARIA QUAE THEODOSII IMP ET PEUTINGERI AUDIT AD SYSTEMA GEOGRAPHIAE REDACTUS ET COMMENTARIO ILLUSTRATUS OPERA P. MATH. PETRI KATANCSICH (Pars I: Continens Europam; Pars II: Continens Asiam et Africam) by Katancsich, Mathias Petrus [Matija Petar Katan i ] | Konrad Peutinger - 1825

Budae [Budapest]: Sumtibus Typographiae Regiae Universitatis Hungaricae, 1825. Hard Cover. Good binding. Quarto. [10], cviii, 731, [7]; 625, [98] pp., maps. First edition. In contemporary cloth backed boards with cloth corners; 12 folding hand-colored reproduction Tabula Peutingeriana. Bindings are rubbed at the extremities with fraying corners and spine ends. Light and scattered foxing throughout. Ex-library with early Library of Congress stamps and bookplate; contents generally quite clean and bindings, though rubbed, are solid. The folding facsimiles are remarkably bright a and attractive. Text in Latin. An interesting work by Croatian scholar. Rare in commerce.