Chorographica descriptio provinciarvm, et conventvvm Fratrvm Minorvm Francisci Capucinorvm and Chorographica descriptio provinciarum
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A. R. P. Ioannis A Montecalerio, ministri generalis. Atlas of the Capucin order. Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins of maps. Indexes: Ordine delle provincie de' Capuccini delineate in quest opera; Ordine delle provincie per alfabeto. Vellum binding. First 2 and last 2 pages blank (included in page description). Engraved title page, head-piece. "Superiorum permissu" on title page. Colophon: Imprimatur. Si videbitur Reuerendissimo Patri Magistro Sacri Palatii Apostolici ; Imprimatur. Fr. Hyacinthus Lupus Magister, & Socius Reuerendiss. Patris, Sacri Palatii Apostolici Magistri ; Imprimatur. Fr. Franc. mar. de Garexio Inq. Taur. ; Io. Bapt. Alterius Episc. Camerin. Vicesg. Introductory text. Section titles: Tavola di tutta l'Italia; Tavola di tutta la Spagna; Tavola di tutta la Francia; Tavola di tutta la Germania; Tavola universale. Statistical table, at end: Tavola del capitolo generale de'padri Cappuccini, celebrato in Roma il dì 3. di Giugno 1650. Decorative cartouches (including religious figures, cherubs, flora and fauna), compass roses, bar scales, indexes. Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals, routes; pictorial vignettes of ships. Each map accompanied by a title page (on preceding leaf), decorated with elaborate woodcut border, and including statistical information. "cum confiniis" on most maps. Indexes and descriptive text in Italian.
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Nuper tradita tunc item sumptiubs Alexandri Federici Cauallerii, bibliopolæ S. R. C. in lucem prodita.,
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