Ortelius (Abraham)

Synonymia geographica, sive Populorum, regionum, insularum, urbium, opidorum, montium [...] variae, pro auctorum traditionibus, saeculorum intervallis, gentiumque idiomatis et migrationibus, appellationes et nomina, woodcut printer’s device on title, browning throughout, some staining, a couple of ms. annotations, library stamps, new endpapers, later half calf, worn, [BT 2294; Voet (Plantin Press) 1835; Pettegree NB 23224; Adams O-330], 4to, Christopher Plantin, Antwerp, 1578.

***Rare first edition of a geographical dictionary intending to standardise thousands of ancient and modern geographical names. Dedicated by Ortelius to Christophere Plantin and his Cologne colleague Arnold Mylius.