Geographicae enarrationis libri octo, woodcut printer's device on title-page, double-column text with woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations (2 full-page, one with image shaved), 50 woodcut maps (49 double-page, mounted on guards), with colophon leaves n4 and [2]h6, text with dampstain in upper margins of first few gatherings and some light browning, occasional light foxing and browning to maps (no. 31 more heavily browned), old inscription and stamp erased from title-page, contemporary wallet-style blindstamped sheep, restored and rebacked preserving original backstrip, metal fasteners with silk ties [cf. Mortimer, Harvard French, 450; Phillips Atlases 366; Sabin 66485], folio (400 x 270mm.), Lyon, Hughes de la Porte [colophons: Vienne, Gaspar Trechsel], 1541
Geographicae enarrationis libri octo, woodcut printer's device on title-page, double-column text with woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations (2 full-page, one with image shaved), 50 woodcut maps (49 double-page, mounted on guards), with colophon leaves n4 and [2]h6, text with dampstain in upper margins of first few gatherings and some light browning, occasional light foxing and browning to maps (no. 31 more heavily browned), old inscription and stamp erased from title-page, contemporary wallet-style blindstamped sheep, restored and rebacked preserving original backstrip, metal fasteners with silk ties [cf. Mortimer, Harvard French, 450; Phillips Atlases 366; Sabin 66485], folio (400 x 270mm.), Lyon, Hughes de la Porte [colophons: Vienne, Gaspar Trechsel], 1541
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