View source for Strabonis Rerum Geographicarum Libri XVII

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===by Strabo===
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|imagename=StraboStrabonisRerum1620.jpg
|link=https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3695185
|shorttitle=Rerum Geographicarum 
|author=Strabo
|editor=Isaac Casaubon
|publoc=Lutetiae Parisiorum
|publisher=Typis regiis
|year=1620
|lang=Latin and Greek in parallel columns
|pages=[12], 843, [116], 282, [8] 
|desc=Folio (37 cm.) 
}}[[File:StrabonisRerumGeographicarum1620InitialCapital.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Headpiece, first page of text.]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabo Strabo] (ca. 64 BCE – ca. 23 CE) was a Greek citizen from a prominent family in Pontus, part of modern Turkey. He traveled extensively, and also lived in Rome where he learned from both political and military leaders.<ref>William A. Koelsch, “Squinting Back at Strabo,” ''Geographical Review'' 94, no. 4 (Oct. 2004): 503.</ref> He wrote a geography of the Greek and Roman world that is almost intact today in seventeen books. This work is Book 17 of those extant. In ancient times, geographies generally took one of two general focuses: the physical geography of an area (the cartography) or “world cultural geography” discussing the impacts of humans on the planet. Strabo’s geography falls into the latter category.<ref>Ibid, 502.</ref><br />
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''On Geography or On Geographical Things'' gained recognition in the mid-fifteenth century when the pope sought to breach the gap between the Eastern and Western Christian churches at an ecumenical council in Florence. Strabo’s ideas were then combined with others, including Ptolemy’s, to help form the scientific foundation for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discovery Age of Discoveries and exploration].<ref>Ibid, 504.</ref> Strabo tended to attract the interest of classicists rather than geographers, a shift that relied partly on the belief of some that Strabo’s geographic details are incorrect.<ref>Ibid, 504-505.</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Strabo. Gr. Lat. fol." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The precise edition owned by Wythe is unknown. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe "Member: George Wythe"], accessed on November 13, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing indicates this without selecting a specific edition. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> lists the 1620 edition published in Paris based on the copy Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 4:86 [no.3820].</ref> The Wolf Law Library followed Brown's suggestion and purchased the Paris edition.
[[File:StrabonisRerumGeographicarum1620Headpiece.jpg|center|thumb|350px|Headpiece, first page of text.]]
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in contemporary, recased blind stamped calf. Boards feature elaborate tooling, spine has gilt lettering.

View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3695185 William & Mary's online catalog.]

==References==
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==External Links==
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