Geographia, emendata & locupletata, additione scil. Geographiae hodiernae, graeco carmine pariter donatae. Ab E.Wells.

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Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1704. [vi],124,[8] pp. W.16 hand coloured maps. Leather binding (binding a bit worn, spine repaired, p.3 loose, tiny wormhole through pp.i-39, slightly larger worming w.minor loss of text, pp. 41-98; p.47, small tear in margin, p.155 very small tear in margin). First edition. The fullculour maps depict: Map of the world known in the classical world; map of the actual world; the Mediterranean; Europe in classical times; Europe in modern times; Ancient Italy; Italy in modern times; Ancient Greece; Ancient Africa; Modern Africa; Ancient Asia; Modern Asia; Ancient Near East; North America; South America: British Isles. Schweiger I.102: "S. interpolirte und durch W's eigenmächtige Umstellungen völlig unbrauchbare Ausg." DNB/60: Wells "was esteemed one of the most accurate geographers of his time.".

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