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<dl><dd>(from added engraved t.p.) v. 1: Description de l'univers -- v. 2: Asie ancienne et moderne -- v. 3: Afrique ancienne et moderne -- v. 4: Description de l'univers de l'Europe ancienne et moderne -- v. 5: Description de l'univers suite de l'Europe ancienne et moderne des Terres Australes et de l'Amerique</dd>
<dd>Each vol. has added engraved t.p., with illustration</dd>
<dd>Colophons, v. 1 and 3, read: Achevé d'imprimer pour la premiere fois le premier jour de septembre mil six cent quatre-vingt deux</dd>
<dd>Colophon, v. 4, reads: Achevé d'imprimer pour la premier fois le dernier jour de decembre, mil six cent quatre-vingt-deux</dd>
<dd>Colophon, v. 5, reads: Achevé d'imprimer pour la premier fois le dernier jour de mars, mil six cent quatre-vingt-trois</dd>
<dd>Signatures: v. 1: pi⁸ (-pi1) ẽ² A-O⁸ P⁸ (P2 + chi1) Q-T⁸ V⁴ (V4 verso blank); v. 2: ã⁴ A-T⁸ X⁸; v. 3: ã⁴ 2A-2B⁸ C-R⁸ (R8 verso blank); v. 4: ã⁶ A-Z⁸ chi² (ã1 blank); v. 5: ã6 A-F⁸ *⁸ G-2D⁸ 2E⁴ chi1</dd>
<dd>Vol. 1: [18], 228, [2], 229-302, [10] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: [8], 299, [21] p., [4] leaves of plates; v. 3: [8], 256, [16] p., [8] leaves of plates; v. 4: [12], 328, [44] p.; v. 5: [12], 81, [2], 82-83, [2], 84-85, [2], 86-87, [2], 88-89, [2], 90-91, [2], 92-93, [2], 94-95, [2], 96-400, [42] p</dd>
<dd>Several pages are misnumbered</dd>
<dd>Maps in v. 3, p. 13, v. 4, p. 181, and v. 5, p. 47 have been pasted over what appears to be another impression of the same map</dd>
<dd>Errata: v. 1, p. [7] at end; v. 2, p. [20-21] at end; v. 3, p. [13] at end; v. 4, p. [41-43] at end; v. 5, p. [41-42] at end</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references and indexes</dd>
<dd>Echeverria-Wilkie. French image</dd>
<dd>Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, books printed 1675-1700</dd>
<dd>Moraes, R.B. de. Bib. brasileira do periodo colonial (rev. ed.)</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary calf</dd>
<dd>Provenance of John Carter Brown Library copy: Earl of Chesterfield: bookplate; M. Prenost: inscription</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Cosmography; Geography; Imprint 1683</div>
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<dl><dd>Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706?</dd>
<dd>Prenost, M. fmo RPJCB</dd>
<dd>Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773. fmo RPJCB</dd></dl></div>
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