Le Relationi Universali

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Edizione poco comune di questo celebre trattato di geografia politica. Giovanni Botero (1544 -1617) fu considerato per più di un secolo il miglior geografo esistente. "Giovanni Botero, one of the greatest economists of the sixteenth century [..] also wrote this 'Relazione Universali', for more than a century considered the best geography in existence. In this work Botero does not limit himself to the description of the different countries of the world, but also relates their history, gives statistics, and makes all kind of observations. MacCullock [..] considers him a precursor of Malthus" - Borba de M. I, 114. "For this issue a new set of copperplates were cut" - Burden 149.