Maffei (Raffaele) Commentariorum urbanorum raphaelis volaterrani, octo et triginta libri...Item oeconomicus Xenophontis, ab eodem latio donatus, Basel, Hieronymus Froben (I) & Nikolaus Episcopius (I), 1559.

Maffei (Raffaele) Commentariorum urbanorum raphaelis volaterrani, octo et triginta libri...Item oeconomicus Xenophontis, ab eodem latio donatus, pp. [60] 935 [1], woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., a few woodcut diagrams in text, woodcut decorative initials, ink ownership signature scored out to title, contemporary binding using a 14th / 15th century ms. leaf, rubbed, portion of manuscript torn away to upper cover and head of spine, folio (330 x 222mm), Basel, [Hieronymus Froben (I) et Nikolaus Episcopius (I)], 1559.

⁂ An attractive copy of this encyclopaedia of geography, anthropology, and philology by the Italian humanist Maffei. The chapter 'Loca Nuper Reperta', describes Spanish and Portuguese voyages of discovery to the Indies, and contains a reference to Columbus and the New World.

Literature: Adams M104; VD16 M 116; cf. Harrisse 43 and Sabin 43767-68.