Gilles (Pierre) De Bosporo Thracio Lib. III, first edition, first issue with "LXV menses" in last line on p.379, engraved pictorial title featuring the abduction of Europa and vignettes of the Bosphorus, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf elaborately stamped in gilt, g.e, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, corners worn, [Willems 366, "jolie"], Leiden, [Bonaventure & Abraham] Elzevier, 1632 § Gölnitz (Abraham) Compendium geographicum succinta method adornatum, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 5 folding tables (one or two minor tears), light water-staining to first few leaves, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, soiled, [Willems 1000], Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1643; and another, Elzevier, 12mo (3)
⁂ The first is one of the earliest works on the topography and antiquities of the straits of the Bosphorus.
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