Geografia Universale…
by Buffier, Claude
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Florham Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
12mo, attractive vellum binding, inked title on spine, illustrated with 19 folding maps, 444 pp. Slight edgewear, but binding nice and clean, laid in bookplate, rubber stamp name on endpaper, a little foxing and aging, a couple of maps with fold tears, Europe with archival tape repair, America with tear, but not substantial, occasional map creasing; otherwise very good plus overall. Claude Buffier (1661-1737) was a French philosopher and cartographer. This little atlas contains 19 handsome folding engraved maps. The list of maps includes America, France, Italy, Spain, Britain, Greece, Africa, and Asia. Despite knowledge to the contrary at the time this atlas was published, the map of America still shows California as an Island, and Florida as kind of a stub. The map of Africa is also interesting (page 208), showing some of the old names for places on that continent.
Details
- Bookseller
- Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106028
- Title
- Geografia Universale…
- Author
- Buffier, Claude
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Edition.
- Publisher
- Francesco Pitteri,
- Place of Publication
- Venice:
- Date Published
- 1752.
- Keywords
- Geography.
Terms of Sale
Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints
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