Welser, Marcus. Fragmenta tabulae antiquae, in quis aliquot per Rom. prouincias itinera ex Peutingerorum bibliotheca. Edente, & explicante Marco Velsero Matthaei F. Aug. Vind. Venice: Aldo II Manuzio, 1591

First edition. Welser was an historian from Augsburg and a close friend of Galileo. This work contains two maps taken from the supposedly fourth-century Tabula Peutingeriana, a map of the Roman Empire, and a one-and-a-half-page Aldine Pre💯ss catalogue with prices at end ("Libri di stampa d’Aldo, che si trovano al presente").

4to (202 x 145 mm). Roman and italic type, 38 lines plus headline. collation: A-H⁴: 32 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on title- page, woodcut headpieces and initials, 2 engraved folding maps. (Faintly spotted, strip of toning to first folding map where inserte🐻d on stub, short closed repair to second.)

binding: Modern paper covered boards incorporating earlier marbled paper (204 x 151 mm), decorat🐬ion of a string of🌱 esses on tail edge in brown ink. (Inherent wear to paper.)

acquisition: Purchased from Libreria antiquaria Mediolanum, Milan, 2010. references: UꦑCLA 1009; Renouard 246/5♓; Edit16 27728; USTC 806659