321 - Torniello, Agostino. *Annales Sacri et Profani, Ab Orbe Condito Ad eundem Christi passione redemtum*, collated with the Sacrosancta Scriptura and the works of the Gentiles, arranged within itself according to the truth of the times in a true and orderly manner ... With copperplate illustrations. 2 volumes in 1 volume. With a wide engraved title border, 3 double-page copperplate maps, 21 (10 double-page and 1 fold-out) copperplate plates, and several woodcut illustrations. Frankfurt, Schönwetter, 1611–1616. 28 leaves, 484 pp., 2 leaves, 420 pp. 36 x 24.5 cm. Contemporary red-stained parchment binding (covers slightly warped, somewhat stained and scuffed).

Torniello, Agostino. *Annales Sacri et Profani, Ab Orbe Condito Ad eundem Christi passione redemtum*, collated with the Sacrosancta Scriptura and the works of the Gentiles, arranged within itself according to the truth of the times in a true and orderly manner ... With copperplate illustrations. 2 volumes in 1 volume. With a wide engraved title border, 3 double-page copperplate maps, 21 (10 double-page and 1 fold-out) copperplate plates, and several woodcut illustrations. Frankfurt, Schönwetter, 1611–1616. 28 leaves, 484 pp., 2 leaves, 420 pp. 36 x 24.5 cm. Contemporary red-stained parchment binding (covers slightly warped, somewhat stained and scuffed). VD17 23:230722N - Burose/Weber 596. - A world chronicle from the Creation to the time of Christ, “a kind of commentary on the historical books of the Old Testament, in which he also attempts to resolve historical, geographical, and scientific difficulties” (LThK). - Includes the often-missing world map, “a simplified version of that of Ortelius” (Shirley), in an oval projection with an allegorical depiction of the winds. The two other maps of Palestine, the plates featuring, among other things, a plan of Jerusalem, sacred objects, rites, etc. - Water-stained or browned; the first 2 leaves have been backed at the margins; Volume 1 up to p. 200 and Volume 2 from p. 220 onward have moisture stains along the margins; Volume 2 has wormholes at the spine, no loss of text; paper loss along the margins starting on p. 410; pp. 419–420 (text) are in facsimile. *