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[24], 552, [24] p. pages; Lexicon Geographicum, in quo Universi Orbis Oppida, Urbes, Regiones, Provinciae, Regna . Antiquis Recentibusque Nominibus appellata, suisque distantiis descripta recensentur . Authore Fr. Philippo Ferrario . Editio nova . Adnectitur Tabula Longitudinis ac Latitudinis Urbium & Oppidorum per totum terrarum Orbem, ex ejusdem Philippi Ferrarii Epitome Geographica desumpta. Londini : et veneunt Parisiis, apud Fredericum Leonard, 1665. Contemporary full leather, (suede, or reversed calf), six raised bands on the spine, edges of the text decoratively sprinkled red. This binding shows considerable rubbing and scuffing, with most of the decorative stamping eroded from the spine (the author and title are stamped in gilt directly in the second panel, and this is now just legible), with rubbing and loss along portions of the hinges (particularly the rear), the lower headband is partly missing, and there are several scrapes and two loose strips of leather on the rear cover. Internally some scattered foxing and a small Jesuit library stamp no the title page (no other marks). A sound copy, complete. This is a geographical dictionary by Filippo Ferrari, who taught mathematics and astronomy at the University of Pavia. He published an early version of this major work in 1605 [Epitome Geographicum] but the full text was not published until the year after his death, in 1627 - [ Mediolani [Milan]: Apud I.I. Comum, 1627]. This particular edition was prepared in England by William Dillingham (1617?-1689), master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The first part of the text appears to be a reissue of the edition printed in London by Roger Daniel in 1657. There are separate title pages to part 2 (Lexici Geographici Pars altera) and the table of longitudes (Adnectitur Tabula Longitudinis ac Latitudinis Urbium & Oppidorum per totum terrarum Orbem). Both of these have the London imprint of Roger Daniel, 1557. The mention of London on the title page of this (partial?) 1665 edition is enough to earn a citation in Wing F 815 (British Library copy only). That British Library copy is the basis of a digital reproduction (see Yale, National Library of Australia, etc.) In the description accompanying this, it is stated that the BL copy is "Imperfect: tightly bound, stained and faded with slight loss of print." Our copy is nicer, (with two leaves showing a paper flaw at the top margin which does not affect the text block -- Fff 2&3). It is interesting that the collation of the first part in this 1665 version is identical to the 1657 edition produced by Daniel in London (right down to the mistaken duplication of the page numbers 150-1 on two consecutive pairs of pages). This was necessary to match up with the stock of Daniel's 1657 originial "Pars altera" which has pagination and signature marks continuous with the first part). In all, a sound and complete copy of a scarce geographical lexicon, in its original binding (which is worn, but quite serviceable). Roger Daniel is better known as a printer in Cambridge, but he certainly worked in London as well (where he is known to have printed a portion of the Shakespeare Third Folio). Collation: *4, **4, A-3Z4, &c.6, A-C4 - [C4 is blank]. [24], 552 ("150-1" repeated), [24, "Tabula Longitudinis"] & [2, blank] pp. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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