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Printing was introduced to Naples in 1471 by Sixtus Riessinger
a priest from Strassburg. Nearly 20 books are attributed to
him in Naples before 1481. He left Naples in 1480 + went
to Rome
Goff L 218 1493 - 1st ed. of a rich alphabetical dictionary of geography
comrising the extent of geographical knowledge at the time of
Columbus + Cabot's voyages to America. At the end of the
dictionary proper is a discourse on the general geographical
division of the earth, of Europe, Africa + Asia + their
islands in particular, + an index of over 260 cities on these
continents.
Z. Lilius was a native of Vicenza: he was a friend of
Matthaeus Bosso (1428-1502) to whom he dedicated this
work. Like Bosso, Lilius was Canonicus at the Lateran
in Rome; but later he became Bishop of Sebaste in Asmenis.
-Lilius was an Italian Geographer from the 15C. His Orbis
Breviarium seems not to contain one line founded on original
investigations, or a single expression alluding to the great
geographical discoveries during the century in which he lived.
HEHL no rubrication - headings A-X
C begins bii verso, end cii verso
Caceiria insula est in ponto Mertisaera
Eam Poponius lib ii. Colliseria uocot.
In gua volueres: cu adicenis penari ietu
pugnare uidentun.