Note 342 — Chapter I

C. Julii Solini Collectanea rerum memorabilium sive polyhistor. Solinus lived probably in the third century a.d. His book was a great favorite in the Middle Ages, both in manuscript and in print, and was known by various titles, as Polyhistor, De situ orbis, etc. The first edition appeared without place or date, at Rome, about 1473, and in the same year at Venice, and it was often reprinted with the annotations of the most famous geographers. The best edition is that by Mommsen (Berlin, 1864). See Vol. II. p. 180.