Geographia Moralibus et Politicis
Constance: c. 1673. Binding: Contemporary full calf with tripled-lined embossed border, with leather and metal clasps, flat spine, all edges speckled red. , Notes: Text in Latin.
“Although parts of Australasia are shown, the general configuration of the world map and the style of engraving hark back to fifty years earlier. A large number of works by Bartoli – who was a prolific Jesuit author also writing under the pseudonym Ferrante Longobardi – are listed in the British Museum catalogue, but not his Geographia” (Shirley). Nikolaus Hautt was a “cartographer, engraver and printer of Constance”. His maps appeared in Daniele Bartoli’s Geographia moralibus et politicis in 1674 and also in Lacus Acronianus in 1675 (Tooley).
, Size: 12mo, Illustration: Elaborate initials and end pieces throughout. With 6 maps, including the frontispiece map and 5 folding maps, one of which is of the world. All the maps are done and engraved by Nikolaus Hautt., References: Shirley 461 (for world map)., Pages: P. frontis, (1), title, (13), 1-653, index (16), (1),, Category: Book Atlas & Cartography; Book Europe France. Covers worn, occasional mild browning internally, but generally a very good copy. Item #B2418
Binding: Contemporary full calf with tripled-lined embossed border, with leather and metal clasps, flat spine, all edges speckled red. , Notes: Text in Latin.
“Although parts of Australasia are shown, the general configuration of the world map and the style of engraving hark back to fifty years earlier. A large number of works by Bartoli – who was a prolific Jesuit author also writing under the pseudonym Ferrante Longobardi – are listed in the British Museum catalogue, but not his Geographia” (Shirley). Nikolaus Hautt was a “cartographer, engraver and printer of Constance”. His maps appeared in Daniele Bartoli’s Geographia moralibus et politicis in 1674 and also in Lacus Acronianus in 1675 (Tooley).
, Size: 12mo, Illustration: Elaborate initials and end pieces throughout. With 6 maps, including the frontispiece map and 5 folding maps, one of which is of the world. All the maps are done and engraved by Nikolaus Hautt., References: Shirley 461 (for world map)., Pages: P. frontis, (1), title, (13), 1-653, index (16), (1),, Category: Book Atlas & Cartography; Book Europe France.
Price: $1,500.00