Sale 2488 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 16, 2018

143 145 145 c   MURILLOVELARDE, PEDRO, S. J. Geographia Historica, donde se describen los Reynos, Provincias, Ciudades, Fortalezas, Mares, Montes, Ensenadas, Cabos, Ríos, y Puertos. Volumes 1-9 (of 10). Folding engraved double-hemispheric world map in Volume 1. [48], 390, [2]; [4], 424, [4]; [4], 414, [4]; [4], 396, [1]; [4], 276; [2], 179; 173, [1], 179, [1]; [4], 260; [4], 248; [2], 391, [3] pages.Together, 9 volumes. 4to, 189x136 mm, 19th-century tree sheep gilt, spines quite worn; margins trimmed without text loss, occasional toning and minor foxing, scattered marginal dampstains, ink smudges on X2 and clean tear across 2P4 inVolume 1, clean tear in last index leaf inVolume 3. Signatures of Padre Beistegui. Madrid: Gabriel Ramírez, 1752 [500/750] first edition of MurilloVelarde’s magnum opus on historical geography.Volumes 1-2 deal with Spain and Portugal following a general introduction to geography; 3-5 with the rest of Europe; 6-7 with Asia Minor, the Middle East, and Asia; 8 with the Philippines; and 9 with the Americas.The final volume missing from this set contains brief biographical notices of world notables organized by nation or province of origin. Palau 186218-186219. See also lots 246 and 265.