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POSTEL, GUILLAUME. De orbis terrae concordia libri quatuor. [8], 427 [i. e., 447], [29] pages. Folio, old manuscript vellum over boards, worn and discolored, front joint partly cracked, rear cover chipped along fore edge; contents toned with occasional marginal dampstaining, tape discoloration in title gutter, front flyleaf loose. Early ownership inscription of the Cistercian Abbey of Salem on title. [Basel: Johann Oporinus, 1544]
first complete edition of a work advocating Christianity as the universal religion; the first part had appeared the preceding year in Paris. Alden 544/17 (for discussion of proselytizing in the New World).bound with: Vadianus, Joachim. Epitome trium terrae partium, Asiae, Africae et Europae compendiariam locorum descriptionem continens. [12] (of [40]), 273, [1] pages; lacks the double-page map and the second index. Vertical oval hole in title affecting text and printer's device, scattered stains, few early marginalia. Zurich: Christoph Froschauer, September 1534. Alden 534/31.
