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1627 Respublica Travel Voyages Elzevier Brazil Islam Persia 28v 1-of-a-kind SET The famed publisher Elzevier published a series of travel guides under the title ‘ Respublica’ . This work is a collection of various authors on European countries focusing on geography and historical significance – one of the earliest travel guides. This incredible set is certainly one of the rarest and most unique offerings of ‘ Respublica’ . Often, these works are sold as small, individual works; however, this lot features 28 separate, uniformly-bound volumes from Elzevier and the extended Elzevier family of printers. The volumes: · Holy Roman Empire | Imperial Law in Germany o “ Tractatus de constitutione Imperii Romano-Germanici ”; Jacob Lampadius; Lugduni: Ex officinâ Ioannis Maire, 1634. · Greece o “ Vbbonis Emmii Respublicae graecorum ”; Ubbo Emmius; 1632. – 2 volumes · Belgium | Hannonia, Namur; Luxembourg; Wallonia & Netherlands o “ Respublica Lutzenburgensis, Hannoniae, et Namurcensis ”; Jean Bertels; Amsterdami: Guiljelmum Blaeu, 1635. · Holy Land | Hebrews, history of the Jews o “ Bonaventura Cornelius Bertramus De republica Ebraeorum ”; Bonaventure Bertram; Lugduni Batavorum: Maire, 1651. · Russia | Moscow, Tartary o “ Russia seu Moscovia itemque Tartaria ”; Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn; 1630. · Japan o “ Descriptio regni Iaponiae ”; Bernardus Varenius; 1649. · Turkey | Ottoman Empire o “ Turcici imperii status ”; Joannes de Laet; 1630. · Venice | Medici House; Venetian government in Florence o “ Florentini dialogi de repvb. Venetorvm ”; Donato Giannotti; 1631. § 7 engravings · Rome o “ Respublica Romana ”; Peter Schriver; 1629. · France | Gaul o “ Gallia sive de Francorum regis ”; 1629. · Constantinople | Byzantine Empire o “ De Constantino Poleos topographia ”; Pierre Gilles, 1632. · China | Jesuit missions – Chinese culture; Shanxi; Great Wall o “ Regni Chinensis descriptio ”; Nicolas Trigault & Matteo Ricci; 1639. § 2 engravings (1 double-sided leaf) · Savoy | feudal France and Italy o “ Sabaudiæ respublica et historia ”; Lambert van der Burch; 1634. · India | Mogul Empire o “ De Imperio Magni Mogolis, sive India ”; Johannes de Laet; 1631. § 1 engraving · Hispania | Spanish & Portuguese in Brazil, Puerto Rico, America o “ Hispania sive de regis Hispaniae ”; Johannes de Laet; 1629. · Italy | Kingdom of Naples; House of Sforza; Genoa o “ De Principatibus Italia ”; Thomas Segeth & Joannes de Laet; 1631. · Scandinavia | Norway, Denmark, Iceland; Vikings; Norse history o “ De Regno Daniae et Norwegiae ”; Stephen Hansen Stephanius; 1629. · Scotland & Ireland | o “ Respublica, sive Status Regni Scotiae et Hiberniae ”; Joannes de Laet; 1627. · Arabia | Syria; Damascus; Islam struggles against Christianity; Moors; Turks o “ Arabia seu Arabum vicinarumque gentium Orientalium ”; Gabriel Sionita; Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1635. · Persia | Islam history; Baghdad & Mecca o “Persia, seu regni Persici status”; Joannes de Laet; 1633. § 8 engravings · Switzerland | earliest published description of Alps o “Helvetiorum Respublica”; Simmler, Guillimannus, Myconius, l’Hermite; 1627. · Bosporus | Strait of Istanbul; Byzantine Empire; Constantinople o “ Petri Gyllii De Bosporo Thracio ”; Pierre Gilles; 1632. · Belgium | Holland, Netherlands, Friesland o “ Belgii confederati Respublica ”; Joannes de Laet; 1630. · Moscow | Russia o “ Respublica Moscoviae et urbes ”; Marcus Zuerius Boxhorn; Lugduni Batav.: Maire, 1630. · Sweden | Scandinavia and Swedish politics o “ Svecia, siue de Suecorum Regis ”; Henrik Soter & Anders Bure; 1631. · Raetia | Three Leagues in Switzerland; Rome; Medieval and Renaissance Leagues in Europe o “ Rhetia : vbi eius versus situs ”; Frotunat Sprecher; 1633. · Valais, Swizterland | description of the Alps o “ Vallesiae et Alpium description ”; Josias Simler; 1633. Item number: #27176 Price: $7500 various Respublica… Lugd. Bat.: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1627-51. 1 st editions Details : · Collation: Complete with all pages – 28 volumes o Each volume separately paged · References: Willems 278 · Language: Latin · Binding: Leather; tight and secure · Size : ~4.25in X 2.5in (11cm x 6cm) · ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBE collection and likely the only such complete and uniform example in existence. Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 27176