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RICCIOLI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, S.J. Geographiae et hydrographiae reformatae nuper recognita et auctae libri duodecim. Woodcut text diagrams. [16], 691 pages. Folio, 357x245 mm, contemporary vellum boards, worn and discolored, hole in front joint; dampstaining through much of volume, title soiled, with old signatures, rear free endpaper lacking; blue edges. Venice: Giovanni La Noù, 1672
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. Alden 672/192 (for chapters dealing with the New World on pages 86-105); DSB XI, 411; Riccardi II, 372.
