JOURDAIN (P.): Cosmographie et Pelerinage du Monde universel - Lot 265

JOURDAIN (P.): Cosmographie et Pelerinage du Monde universel, Dénombrement de toutes ses parties. Abrégé contenant les descriptions, situations, bornes, limites grandeurs des Empires, Royaumes, Principautez, Republiques autres Etats, avec des plus curieux points des Histoires. Several Maritime Land Routes for long voyages. Un Abrégé des Naissances, Vies Mort des Fondateurs des grands Empires: des Hommes qu'on appelle de Fortune; et des Sages Legislateurs grecs, autres. Clouzié et Promé, 1669. In-8° of [8] ff. (Title, Dedication, To the Reader, Table), 317 pp. and [3] pp. (Privilège, Errata, Achevé d'imprimer) in contemporary brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated (headbands and corners worn, title-piece missing, one section trimmed slightly shorter than the others). Rare first edition of this universal cosmography, contemporary with Jourdain's Atlas by Sanson d'Abeville. Jourdain provides an extensive description of a large number of countries around the globe through their cosmography, a discipline which at the time was a combination of today' s geology, geography and astronomy. A good copy.