BOTERO, Pe. Giovanni, S.J.- LE | RELATIONI | VNIVERSALI | DI GIOVANNI BOTERO | BENESE, | DIVISE IN QUATTRO PARTI. | [...] | Con le Figure in Rame: ¶ vna Aggiunta della Descrittione del Mare.- In Venetia : Appresso Giorgio Angelieri. M. DC., [1600].- [32], 256, 80, [24], 152, 183, [9, 16], 79, [1 br.] p.: il.; 20 cm.- E. Giovanni Botero (ca.1544-1617), Jesuit, Italian diplomat and intellectual, born in Bene Vagienna (Piedmont), in 1589 published his main work in Venice with the title “Della ragion di Stato”, in which he contrasts a Christian vision Machiavelli's amoral political philosophy. His equally popular “Relationi universali”, originally published between 1591 and 1598 and reprinted many times, contains descriptions of the main countries and regions of the four continents. Illustrated edition with four folding maps (double page), copperplate printed, representing the four continents: Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Copy a little cropped and carefully washed; sheet Cc3 with restored tear, no lack of support; second map is loose. Recent binding, complete with flexible parchment, with ties, according to the taste of the time. Sabin, 6804/5. Borba de Moraes, 114. Brunet, 1143.