Anania D’ (Giovanni Lorenzo) L’Universale Fabrica del Mondo,...
Anania D’ (Giovanni Lorenzo)
L’Universale Fabrica del Mondo, overo Cosmografia… Divisa in Quattro Trattati, FIRST and ONLY EDITION, Roman and Italic type, a little Hebrew, woodcut printer’s device on title page and last verso, large historiated initials and others smaller, ornaments, small marginal repair to title and other leaves, evident damp staining throughout, some spotting, marking and further dust soiling, occasional marginalia in a contemporary hand and ex-libris on last verso, modern bookplate removed from front pastedown, contemporary vellum over boards, early title inked to spine, slightly spotted and soiled, [Adams A 1006; Graesse, I, 114; Sabin 1364; Alden 576/1], 4to, Venice, Iacomo Vidali, 1576.
*** Important geographical work addressed to Caterina Sforza of Aragon (1575). The fourth book deals with the New World (North and South America and the Caribbean Islands), including laws and customs, medicines and inventors, flora and fauna (Thorndike VI, 42).
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Anania D’ (Giovanni Lorenzo)
L’Universale Fabrica del Mondo, overo Cosmografia… Divisa in Quattro Trattati, FIRST and ONLY EDITION, Roman and Italic type, a little Hebrew, woodcut printer’s device on title page and last verso, large historiated initials and others smaller, ornaments, small marginal repair to title and other leaves, evident damp staining throughout, some spotting, marking and further dust soiling, occasional marginalia in a contemporary hand and ex-libris on last verso, modern bookplate removed from front pastedown, contemporary vellum over boards, early title inked to spine, slightly spotted and soiled, [Adams A 1006; Graesse, I, 114; Sabin 1364; Alden 576/1], 4to, Venice, Iacomo Vidali, 1576.
*** Important geographical work addressed to Caterina Sforza of Aragon (1575). The fourth book deals with the New World (North and South America and the Caribbean Islands), including laws and customs, medicines and inventors, flora and fauna (Thorndike VI, 42).
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