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Heinrich Kiepert: Atlas Antiquus

Heinrich Kiepert: Atlas Antiquus. Zehn Karten zur alten Geschichte [1861], 3rd ed., Berlin: Dietrich Reimer 1863 Signature: Zi 100-4610/b raro VII Figures: Frontispiece; Tab. 2, 3 and 10 Heinrich Kiepert’s (1818–1899) Atlas Antiquus originally contained ten historical-topographical maps when it was first edited in 1861 and underwent repeated revisions thereafter. By 1896, twelve editions had …

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Claudii Ptolemaei: Geographiae Codex Urbinas Graecus 82

Claudii Ptolemaei: Geographiae Codex Urbinas Graecus 82. Phototypice depictus consilio et opera curatorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae, ed. Joseph Fischer [Codices e Vaticanis selecti 19], 4 vols., Lugduni Batavorum: Brill and Lipsiae: Harrassowitz 1932, vol. 2,2 Signature: Zh 500-5320/2(2 grgr  Figures: Frontispiece; I (World Map, 2 parts); IX (European part of Sarmatia) The German Jesuit and geographer Josef …

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Ovid: Tristia / Ex Ponto 1959, Frontispiece

Publius Ovidius Naso: Tristia. Ex Ponto

Publius Ovidius Naso: Tristia. Ex Ponto, ed. Arthur Leslie Wheeler [The Loeb Classical Library 151], Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press and London: William Heinemann Ltd 1959 Signature: Zo-OVI 1361-5240/c Figures: Frontispiece; Contents; p. 177, 178 Following Emperor Augustus’s (63 BC–AD 14) edict in 8 AD, Ovid was exiled from Rome to Sarmatian Tomis (Constanța, Romania) …

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