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RICCIOLI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, S.J. Geographiae et hydrographiae reformatae libri duodecim. Engraved plate depicting the arms of the dedicatee, Carlo Emanuele Simiana, Marchese di Livorno (later Pianezza). [20], 640 pages. Folio, 357x245 mm, contemporary vellum boards with spine title in ink, front joint partly cracked; occasional toning, scattered marginal foxing, outer margin of title irregularly torn off affecting a few letters, bookplate removed. Bologna: heirs of Vittorio Benacci, 1661
first edition of an attempted summation of existing geographical knowledge, "in which he corrected previous data and prepared the way for further developments in cartography" (DSB). Alden 661/114 (for sections on the New World); DSB XI, 411; Riccardi II, 372.
