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BOTERO, Giovanni.
Relationi Universali...
Arricchite di cose rare, e memorabili, e con l'ultima mano dell'Autore.
First published in 1592. Giovanni Botero (1533–1617) was Secretary to the Duke of Savoy when he compiled his Relationi Universali; "this political and geographical description of the different countries of the world was very successful and translated into a number of languages" (Burden), including English (London 1603). Burden also notes that "for this issue [of 1640] by I. Giunti, a new set of copperplates was cut derived from those of earlier editions. The most noticeable difference is the addition of an unidentified line around the continent."
Quarto (212 × 160 mm). Late eighteenth-century Italian mottled sheep, smooth spine richly gilt in compartments, tan morocco label, patterned endpapers, red edges. With publisher's large woodcut device on title and 4 folding engraved continental maps (Europe, Asia, Africa, America); printed in italics. 18th-century inscription on title of the Carmelite monastery at Turin. Front joint neatly restored, label chipped with small loss, some headlines just shaved, still an attractive copy.
