Philippus FERRARIUS
Lexicon geographicum. In quo universi orbis Urbes, Provinciae, Regna, Maria, & Flumina recensentur
Apud Franciscum Muguet [François MUGUET]|Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris] • (Paris) 1670|23.50 x 39 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition. Large printer's vignette depicting the adoration of the Magi. Epistle to Colbert with a headpiece by Chauveau and a large initial. Printed in two columns.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Title and volume number in black ink. Part of the upper headcap of volume I missing. Lower headcap of volume II split. Upper joint of volume I cracked across three compartments. Worming to spine of volume II, sometimes quite extensive. Wormholes to spines of both volumes. Paper often yellowed.
Vast geographical repertoire composed in dictionary form by Ferrarius, expanded and revised by Michel Antoine Baudrand (the scholarly editor). The work...
Contemporary full vellum binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Title and volume number in black ink. Part of the upper headcap of volume I missing. Lower headcap of volume II split. Upper joint of volume I cracked across three compartments. Worming to spine of volume II, sometimes quite extensive. Wormholes to spines of both volumes. Paper often yellowed.
Vast geographical repertoire composed in dictionary form by Ferrarius, expanded and revised by Michel Antoine Baudrand (the scholarly editor). The work...
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