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Viaggi - Linda, Lucas de

The universal and particular relations and descriptions of the world, 1664

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€ 80 - 120

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€ 129

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Information

Venice, Sebastiano Combi and Giovanni La Noù, 1664. In 4°. Printer's brand on the title page, woodcut initials and headers, some annotations by an older hand, slight foxing on the edges, the portrait missing, tear at Y7-8 (pp. 349-352), some small water gora, coeval parchment binding, title manuscript on spine, slight defect. Loose manuscript file at the end of the volume.

Specialist Notes

Work that had enormous diffusion in the seventeenth century. Interesting for the descriptions of the customs not only of Europe, but also of Turkey, Persia, China, Japan, Mexico, Florida, Peru, Brazil, of the main African countries, and for the references to America and the news of character economic and political.

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