Il Mondo Antico, Moderno, e Novissimo...
Venice: Appresso Gio: Battista Recurti, 1739. Third edition. 3 vols, 8vos, continuously paginated: [15], 408; [409]-816; [817]-1365pp. plus [3]pp publisher's ads. In Italian. Title in vol 1 in red and black. Index. Original, thin parchment boards with hand lettered spines. A few leaves in Vol.1 browned and with tide mark to edges, boards lightly soiled, else a clean set.
Originally published in 1722, this geographical treatise on the known world went through at least 4 editions through 1769, and was immensely popular. Chiusole (1679-1755) was a well-known historian, mathematician, and geographer who published several works which added to the Italian knowledge base of the time, this geographical work being the most prominent. This text contains a short section on America in vol. III. An attractive set in original binding.
European Americana, 739/66. Item #9338
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