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Petau Denis <1583-1652.> |
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Titolo |
The history of the vvorld: or, An account of time. Compiled by the learned Dionisius Petavius [[electronic resource] ] : And continued by others, to the year of our Lord, 1659. Together with a geographicall description of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America |
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London, : printed by J. Streater, and are to be sold by Francis Tyton at the Three Daggers in Fleet-street, MDCLIX. [1659] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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[10], 608, [1], 609, [1], 610, [36], 154, [6] p., [2] leaves of plates : port., map (folded) |
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Soggetti |
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World history |
World maps |
Geography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Dionisius Petavius = Denis Petau. |
Another edition of: Petau, Denis. Rationarium temporum. |
"To the reader" signed: R. P., who claims responsibility for the translation, the continuation to 1659, and the "geographicall description". |
"A geographicall description of the world" has individual dated title page and separate pagination; the register is continuous. |
An additional leaf has been inserted between 4L2 and 4L3 (pp. 607-608); 4L3r and 4L4r are unnumbered; the text is continuous despite pagination. |
Frontispiece = portrait of Petau. |
With an errata and advertisment leaf (a1) bound at the end of quire A. |
The engraved map of the world is bound following the title page of "A geographicall description". |
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
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