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RICCIOLI, (G.B.). Geographiae et hydrographiae reformatae nuper recognita et auctae libri duodecim. Venice, G. La Nou, 1672. (16), 691 pp. W. num. woodcut text-diagrams. Fol. Cont. panelled cf. w. raised bands & dec. gilt back. (Joints split, extremities dam., label gone, bind. rubbed/chafed, tear closed on v° ti-p., ti-p. a bit (dust-)soiled, interior good only sl. age-toned).
Second enlarged edition. Attempt at a summation of existing geographical knowledge originally published in 1661, "in which he corrected previous data and prepared the way for further developments in cartography" (DSB). The work includes sections on geodetics, hydrography, and navigation, etc., and extensive tables of latitude and longitude based on information supplied by Jesuit missionaries around the world. - DSBXI, 411; Brunet IV, 1277; Honeyman 2647; Backer-S. VI, 1800.€ 200
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