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18 000-20 000 SEK

Description

WITH WORLD MAP. CZECHURA, HONORIUS - SCHAFF-GOTSCH, JOSEPHO WILLIBALDO VON. Mare philosophicum thalassophilis ad perscrutandum propositum, seu, Universa philosophia Aristotelico-neutristica, universi anatomia maris, interjectis quibusdam philosophico-politicis axiomatibus adornata , ac in thesibus triginta quinque, totide´mque axiomatibus, & discursibus thalassologis complexa : Pragae, in celeberrimo archi-episcopali collegio solemni disputationi exposita. Pragae (typis Wolfgangi Wickhart) 1724.

Folio (about 296x205 mm.). (20), (1)-564, (2, verso blank) pp. 2 engraved maps (one folding, some foxing), 1 engraved plate (some foxing).
Contemporary vellum, somewhat worn, soiled, blank spine restored, redspeckled edges. Some browning or staining throughout. Old owners signature in upper margin of title.

Extensive natural-philosophical work on hydrography and oceanography (also on nautics, shipwrecks, fish and other sea dwellers etc.)

With the remarkable folding world map in 2 hemispheres "Mappa hydrographica" with marking of ocean currents and presumed underground connections between the oceans (with marking of "Hollandia Nova" and California as an island).The other map outlines an underground canal system between the Baltic Sea and Adria. Both maps "Neüratter excudit". The plate shows various forms of tornados over the water.

Auktionsnummer:

6172

Date:

2019-12-11