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HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS, Antonio de. Novus orbis, sive descriptio Indiae occidentalis, Amsterdam: Michael Colinius, 1622.
3 parts, 2° (374 x 238mm.), engraved additional title, 12 folding engraved maps only (of 17), 5 engraved illustrations (occasional light soiling, lightly browned throughout, one map holed at fold with slight loss), old boards (worn). Provenance: unidentified stamp to title.
FIRST EDITION IN LATIN, first published in Spanish in 1601. Novus orbis includes an account of Le Maire's voyage and a short description of the Americas by Petrus Bertius. Herrera was the official historian to Philip I, II and III and had access to many documentary sources that have since been lost or destroyed. Borba de Moraes pp. 400-401; Palau 114294; Sabin 31540.
3 parts, 2° (374 x 238mm.), engraved additional title, 12 folding engraved maps only (of 17), 5 engraved illustrations (occasional light soiling, lightly browned throughout, one map holed at fold with slight loss), old boards (worn). Provenance: unidentified stamp to title.
FIRST EDITION IN LATIN, first published in Spanish in 1601. Novus orbis includes an account of Le Maire's voyage and a short description of the Americas by Petrus Bertius. Herrera was the official historian to Philip I, II and III and had access to many documentary sources that have since been lost or destroyed. Borba de Moraes pp. 400-401; Palau 114294; Sabin 31540.