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Genoa, in the printing house of Benedetto Guasco, bookmaker in Banchi, 1656. In 4 °. A copper engraved door depicting natives presenting to Francesco Saverio a large map of Asia with the main cities marked, marginal blooms, tatters, some slow files, loose parchment binding coeval with title on the spine.
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"Bartoli intended to tell the story of the Company, following the partition offered spontaneously by the four continents in which it had operated: Europe, Asia, Africa, America. The work was published as Bartoli was composing it . In 1653 appeared & nbsp; Asia & nbsp; (reprinted in '56 and then in '67); in '60 & nbsp; The & nbsp; Japan ; & nbsp; in & nbsp; '63 & nbsp; China ; in '67 & nbsp; England ; in '73 & nbsp; Italy . In 1663, separately, & nbsp; The mission to the Great Mogor by Fr Ridolfo d'Acquav was published vat , which was added to Asia in the '67 edition. " (Treccani, sub vocis ).
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