Marbled boards
1782 · Hamburg
by Molina, Juan Ignacio. (Giovanni Ignazio.)
Hamburg: Carl Ernst Bohn, 1782. First German edition. Marbled boards. Overall a very good+ copy, extremities rubbed, contents including map, fine.. 208 pp. Illus. with 1 large folding map. 12mo. Originally attributed to Felipe Gomez de Vidaurre by the translator, Christian Joseph Jagemann, it is in fact written by Juan Ignacio Molina, who first published the Italian original anonymously under the title 'Compendio della storia geografica naturale, e civile del regno de Chile,' in 1776. "... a work of considerable authority," Sabin. Uncommon. Sabin 99469. Palau 174555. Backer-Sommervogel 9: 683. JCB 3: 2818. Streit: Bib. missionum 3: 1055.
(Inventory #: 38906)