BOTERO, Giovanni. Allegemeine Weltbeschreibung, Cologne: Johannes Gymnicus, 1596, 2 volumes in one, small 4° (226 x 155mm.), FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN, collation: a2, a-z A-Y4 paginated [iv] 356 3; A-2A4 2B2 (sig. H, pp. 241-48 wrongly imposed) foliated [5] 93 [i.e. 94], title printed in red and black (title thumb-soiled, text rather browned, some soiling and staining, worming from R1 to end occasionally affecting text, final leaves more severely stained and tattered at outer margins), contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wood boards (soiled and wormed), brass clasps.

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BOTERO, Giovanni. Allegemeine Weltbeschreibung, Cologne: Johannes Gymnicus, 1596, 2 volumes in one, small 4° (226 x 155mm.), FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN, collation: a2, a-z A-Y4 paginated [iv] 356 3; A-2A4 2B2 (sig. H, pp. 241-48 wrongly imposed) foliated [5] 93 [i.e. 94], title printed in red and black (title thumb-soiled, text rather browned, some soiling and staining, worming from R1 to end occasionally affecting text, final leaves more severely stained and tattered at outer margins), contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wood boards (soiled and wormed), brass clasps.
Provenance
Jacob Wisenbach, signature on title dated 1604 and 7-line inscription on front pastedown; unidentified library stamp on verso of last leaf.

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