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GEOGRAPHY - MANUSCRIPT TREATISE
Manuscript treatise on world geography, Italy, c.1760

15 September 2021, 13:00 BST
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GEOGRAPHY - MANUSCRIPT TREATISE

Manuscript treatise on world geography, 320 pages, ink on paper, in Italian (a few pages of French verses at end in a different hand), a few corrections and crossings-out, table entitled 'Tavola de climi', contemporary calf, upper joint and head of spine repaired, rubbed, 4to (225 x 185mm.), Italy, c.1760

Footnotes

Comprehensive treatise on the physical, political and religious geography of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, datable through a mention of the 1756 Battle of Minorca but no references to Australasia and Cook's voyages. The author covers techniques for using maps, as well as describing terrestrial and celestial globes with reference to Bion's Usage des globes.

China is described as a "vastissima regione", while the section on the Americas opens with mention of Vespucci and Columbus before discussing commerce in cocoa, tobacco and precious metals, "la Nuova Francia, l'America Inglese, la Florida, il vechio e nuovo Messico e la California". A brief section covers "una parte del mondo poco o nulla conosciuto", the polar regions.

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