SIMLER, Josias.
Vallesić et Alpium descriptio.
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Ex Officina Elzeviriana 1633. 16mo, 377, (7) pp. Engraved title, marbled paste downs, armorial bookplate of Lord Sinclair. Contemporary calf, a.e.g., covers with double gilt rules, cornerpieces and a central rose, gilt phoenix to the foot of the spine with the motto Rinasce Piu Gloriosa (“It rises again more glorious”), spine a little worn with cracking to the tops of the joints. The first work exclusively on the Alps. Willems 390. First published 1574.
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