4 5 ▁edition ▁sur fac ed ▁at ▁an ▁au ction ▁at ▁S othe by ' s , ▁London ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁In ▁ 1 5 5 0 , ▁O por in ▁re - iss ued ▁a ▁re vised ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁Pra ef atio ▁in ▁Bas el , ▁now ▁number ing ▁over ▁ 3 0 0 ▁pages , ▁further ▁detail ing ▁the ▁analyt ical ▁ge ographic ▁history ▁of ▁Greece , ▁physical ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁ge ographical ▁features , ▁and ▁culture ▁of ▁ancient ▁Greece . ▁Also ▁in ▁ 1 5 4 5 , ▁another ▁edition ▁was ▁being ▁printed ▁in ▁Ven ice ▁by ▁Giovanni ▁Andrea ▁V av ass ore . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁much ▁smaller , ▁only ▁two ▁pages . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁believed ▁that ▁Soph ian os ▁was ▁involved ▁with ▁the ▁printing ▁of ▁this ▁edition , ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁Ven ice ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁printing . ▁ ▁This ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁Ven ice ▁printing ▁may ▁be ▁the ▁closest ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁ 1 5 4 0 ▁printing ▁that ▁was ▁lost . ▁Yet ▁another ▁edition ▁was ▁printed ▁in ▁ 1 5 5 2 ▁in ▁Rome . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁printed ▁from ▁four ▁co pper ▁pl ates ▁and ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁closest ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁by ▁Hier onym us ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁ ▁Add itional ▁ed itions ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 5 5 8 , ▁ 1 5 6 2 , ▁ 1 5 6 4 , ▁ 1 5 6 6