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<dl><dd>Previously published Paris, 1683</dd>
<dd>Title pages for v. 4-5 bear date 1686</dd>
<dd>Each vol. has etched frontispiece, with title in French and German. (Vol. 1 in French alone, text in letterpress). Frontispiece for v. 1 etched by Johann Jacob Vogel, for v. 2 by W.C. Daucher. Vol. 1 includes ports. of Louis XIV, to whom work is dedicated, and of author. Some plates in v. 1-2 signed by Vogel, Daucher, J.P. Aubry. Plates titled in German</dd>
<dd>Signatures: v. 1: pi² [par.]⁴ )o(⁴ A-2A⁴ -- v. 2: pi² a²(a1 signed a2) A-Y⁴ Z² -- v. 3: pi² a²(a2 signed a3) A-T⁴ -- v. 4: pi² a²(a1 signed a2) A-2D⁴ -- v. 5: pi² a²(a1 signed a2) b² A-2L⁴</dd>
<dd>Pagination, v. 1: [20], 282 [i.e. 182], [10] p. (last 3 blank), [2], 112 leaves of plates -- v. 2: [8], 159, [20] p. (the last blank), CXXXII [i.e. 119] leaves of plates -- v. 3: [8], 140, [12] p., CI [i.e. 91], [4] leaves of plates -- v. 4: [8], 176, [40] p. (last 2 blank), CXXX [i.e. 127] leaves of plates (2 double-page, folded) -- v. 5: [12], 234, [38] p. (last 2 blank), LXXXVIII, 52, [2] leaves of plates (2 double-page, folded). Some maps in v. 2-3 assigned two sequence nos</dd>
<dd>Each vol. includes index</dd>
<dd>Sabin</dd>
<dd>Bound in 5 vols. in sheepskin, spines tooled in gilt including title and vol. no., edges sprinkled red &amp; tan</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Geography; Cosmography</div>
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<dl><dd>Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706?</dd>
<dd>Vogel, Johann, active 17th century-18th century</dd>
<dd>Daucher, W. C</dd>
<dd>Aubry, Johann Philipp, b. 1660</dd>
<dd>Zunner, Johann David, active approximately 1653-1705</dd></dl></div>
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