Shelfmark
Ge.5.27
Author
Title
Itinerarium ad regiones sub æquinoctiali plaga constitutas Alexandri Geraldini Amerini, episcopi ciuitatis S. Dominici apud Indos Occidentales, apostolicis, imperialibus, & regijs legationibus functi. Opus antiquitates, ritus, mores, & religiones populoru[m], Æthiopi[a]e, Africæ, Atlantici Oceani, Indicarumque regionum complectens: nunc primo edidit Onuphrius Geraldinus de Catenacciis I.V.D. auctoris abnepos..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Romæ, : Typis Guilelmi Facciotti, 1631..
Physical description
[40], 284, [36] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Note
Signatures: [cross]⁸ a⁸ b⁴ A-V⁸.
Note
Engraved illustrated half title follows the title page.
Note
Printer's device (engraved) on title page.
Note
Following imprint on title-page: Superiorum permissu. Instante Octauio Inghrilano.
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Text enclosed within a ruled border.
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Imprimatur on verso of title page.
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Errata on leaf V8v.
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Includes index.
Note
Contains a description of the discovery of the West Indies.
Note
Tail-pieces; initials; printed marginalia.
Citation/references note
JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, 2:236-237
Citation/references note
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 631/43
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College on verso of engraved half-title.
Binding
Contemporary limp parchment; Yapp edges; text block edges sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dd.8.05.
Subject
Ethiopia Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Subject
Africa, Central Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Subject
West Indies Description and travel Early works to 1800.
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Added entry--name
Added entry--place
Italy Rome.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B48610