Live auction - Lot 619

[World - Geography]

VARENIUS, Bernhardus

Geographia generalis, in qua affectiones generales telluris explicantur.

Amsterdam, L. Elzevier, 1650


Hammer price: € 160

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12mo: [44]-786-[2 ff.] pp. (frontispiece: sm. hole left to the title, borders frayed, sl. dampstained in corner).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (few tr. of use).

Rare 1st edition of one of the first scholarly handbooks of geography and a work that long held its position as the best treatise in existence on scientific and comparative geography, written by the German scholar Varenius (1622-1650), who was famous for his Description of Japan (1649). The work describes figures and dimensions of the earth, the influences of the sun, moon, climate and seasons and practical applications of geography in mapmaking and navigation, including globe and map-construction. At the end, it also discusses the "ars nautica". Engr. title, 4 fold. tables and 1 folding woodcut and in-text ill.
Ref. Willems 1120. - Alden/Landis (Eur. Americana) 650/215. - Houzeau & Lancaster 10921. - STCN 85287796X (i.a. BL).
Prov. Libr. stamp.

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Lot 619

Geographia generalis, in qua affectiones generales telluris explicantur.

VARENIUS, Bernhardus

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