Novus orbis regionum ac insularum veteribus incognitarum una cum tabula cosmographica.

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Folio (12 x 7 1/4 in.; 30.4 x 18.6 cm). Woodcut printer's device on title-page and last leaf, large woodcut folding map, two small woodcut text illustrations (pp. 21 and 93), woodcut initials. BINDING/CONDITION: Light marginal staining, a trifle more pronounced on leaves X5-6, F6, G1-2, and quire Bb at the end, small internal tear or flaw on gamma2, touching about 2-3 index entries, light discoloration to map along central perpendicular folds. Nineteenth-century diced calf with gilt supralibros of the Society of Writers to the Signet, edges stained red; expertly rebacked with original spine laid down. (64V1H) FOURTH AND MOST COMPLETE EDITION, AUGMENTED WITH MORE ACCOUNTS OF THE NEW WORLD THAN PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED, WITH DISTINGUISHED PROVENANCE. Additions to the present edition include the second and third Cortez letters, the epistle of the Bishop of Temixtitan in "Huketan," and the summary of Herborn's discourse on the conversion of the Indians. The map is called for in all Basel editions (the Paris edition used a map by Oronce Fine). It is the issue with "Asia" printed at an almost even level with "Mare Caspia," and "Tropicus Capricorni" appears below the tropic line. PROVENANCE: George Lockhart of Carnwath (1673-1731), Scottish writer and politician (armorial bookplate on title-page); Society of Writers to the Signet (gilt supralibros, shelfmark on front pastedown and inscription on front flyleaf: "Ex Lib:|Bibl: Scribar | Sig: Reg:|1812"); Kenneth Nebenzahl (ticket on front pastedown and his sale, Christie's New York, 10 April 2012, lot 66) REFERENCES: Adams G-1338, Alden-Landis 555/42; Brown, The World Encompassed 65; Brunet IV:132 (".la plus complète [édition]"); JCB 1:202; Sabin 34104; Shirley 67 (world map). N° de ref. del artículo 65ERM0045

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