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"9 parts in 5 volumes, folio (vol. 1 x 9 in.; 33 x 22.9 cm; others 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.; 36.2 x 23.5 cm). Modern crushed burgundy morocco panelled gilt, the spines in 6 compartments lettered and decorated gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. PART I. FIRST EDITION, MOSTLY FIRST ISSUE. ADMIRANDA NARRATIO FIDA TAMEN, DE COMMODIS ET INCOLARUM RITIBUS VIRGINIAE [Hariot's A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia]. Frankfurt: Johannes Wechel for Theodor de Bry, 1590. Engraved title-page, engraved vignette of arms on dedication leaf (a2r), first state of headpiece on a4r with cherub at center and the page number "7" on the outside corner, engraved plate of Adam & Eve, double-page engraved map of Virginia, 23 fine engraved plates (some double or folding) mostly after John White, all plates in the first state except 3-4, 7-8, and 10-12, 5 engraved plates of the Picts, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, plates 5-6, 11 and 15 signed "G. VEEN," all others except plates 18 and 21-22 signed "T.B."; all plates with arabic numerals except plate 18. Repair to upper gutter of Notice to the Reader, 6 (of 23) plates shaved or cropped partially costing text and/or roman numeral in upper right corner, marginal wormtrack in the first portion of text diminishing to a pinhole not affecting text or plates. (Church 140 and 141) PART II. SECOND EDITION. BREVIS NARRATIO EORUM QUAE IN FLORIDA AMERICAE PROVI[N]CIA GALLIS ACCIDERUNT [Le Moyne's Florida]. Frankfurt: Johannes Wechel, 1591 [1609]. Engraved title-page, engraved vignette of arms on dedication leaf, engraved plate of Noah and his Ark offering thanks to God in the Notice to the Reader, engraved folding map of Florida and Cuba, 42 engraved plates, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces; lacking blank H6 as usual. (Church 146) PART III. SECOND EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. AMERICAE TERTIA PARS MEMORABILEM PROVINCIAE BRASILAE HISTORIAM CONTINENS, GERMANICO PRIMUM SERMONE SCRIPTAM A IOANNE STADIO. [Stadius's Brazil]. Frankfurt: Matthias Becker, 1605 [section title and colophon]. Engraved title-page, engraved arms on dedication leaf a2r (leaf a2r is wrongly marked a1r), engraved plate of armorial shields and virtues (a3r), engraved folding map of Mexico, Central and South America, engraved plate of Adam and Eve on p. 144, 45 engraved plates (of which 13 are repeats), woodcut printed music, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. (Church 151) PART IV. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. AMERICAE PARS QUARTA, SIVE, INSIGNIS & ADMIRANDA HISTORIA DE REPERTA PRIMUM OCCIDENTALI INDIA À CHRISTOPHORO COLUMBO ANNO M.CCCCXCII SCRIPTA AB HIERONYMO BEZONO MEDIOLANENSE [Benzoni's History of the New World]. Frankfurt: Johann Feyrabend, 1594. Two engraved title-pages (one is a repeat), second issue, with "Ad |Invistis. Rudolphus II. Rom. Imperator. | Cum privilegio [not prevelegio] S.C."; full-page engraving of armorial shields and virtues, double-page folding engraved map of the Caribbean and adjacent areas, engraved text illustration of Columbus led by marine deities, engraved allegorical text illustration "Americae retectio," 24 engraved plates, second issue, with roman numerals in the letterpress titling and arabic numerals on the plates. The numbers 2, 6, and 6 in 16 were engraved in reverse. O3 incorrectly signed E3, p. iv, l. 3 of Exemplar ends with "dictum" spelled out; p. v, l.1 ends "In-"; p. vii lacks the catchword "Artes"; p. 9 has no tailpiece; p. 109 is numbered correctly, and running head on rectos reads "LIBER IV." Repair in upper right corner of plate 24 slightly affecting image. (Church 155) PART V. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. AMERICAE PARS QUINTA … SECUNDAE SECTIONIS HIA [HISTORIAE] HISPANORUM [Benzoni's History, continued]. Frankfurt: Theodor de Bry, 1595. Engraved title-page (with one repeat), double-page engraved map of Mexico, engraved portrait of Columbus on a2r of preface, 22 numbered engraved plates, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, with blank leaves l3-4 and F4. With points:". N° de ref. del artículo 002006
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