LINSCHOTEN, JAN HUYGEN VAN. Itinerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert... naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz 1596-95-96]. 3 parts in one vol., folio in sixes, seventeenth-century speckled calf, spine gilt, joints split, old restorations to joints and lower corners, board edges abraded with some loss of leather, some soiling and occasional minor staining, a few frayed edges, a few leaves lightly browned, scattered marginal dampstains, lacking conjugate leaf Cc2.5, a duplicate of conjugate leaf Cc1.6 bound in in its place, fol. B3 of part III with corner torn affecting pagination, small tears to center folds of the large folding plate between pp. 42 and 43 and of four of the maps, a few folds reinforced, a few minor marginal tears to the maps and the plates, the map of the coast of Africa (p. 24) defective (edges cropped with loss to border, repairs along 2 folds, one affecting the image and the text in cartouches) and probably supplied from a later edition.

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LINSCHOTEN, JAN HUYGEN VAN. Itinerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert... naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz 1596-95-96]. 3 parts in one vol., folio in sixes, seventeenth-century speckled calf, spine gilt, joints split, old restorations to joints and lower corners, board edges abraded with some loss of leather, some soiling and occasional minor staining, a few frayed edges, a few leaves lightly browned, scattered marginal dampstains, lacking conjugate leaf Cc2.5, a duplicate of conjugate leaf Cc1.6 bound in in its place, fol. B3 of part III with corner torn affecting pagination, small tears to center folds of the large folding plate between pp. 42 and 43 and of four of the maps, a few folds reinforced, a few minor marginal tears to the maps and the plates, the map of the coast of Africa (p. 24) defective (edges cropped with loss to border, repairs along 2 folds, one affecting the image and the text in cartouches) and probably supplied from a later edition.

FIRST EDITION of all three parts, gothic and roman type in double column, 4 titles, each with engraved vignette (one repeated), title vignette of part 3 the twin-hemisphere world map by Jodocus Hondius (Shirley 182), engraved portrait, 36 double-page or folding engraved plates by Johannes and Baptist van Deutecum after Linschoten (the plates bound out of order), 5 folding maps by Arnold and Hendrik van Langren, plus a folding map of the world by Jan Baptist Vrient (Shirley 192), woodcut ornamental initials.

"This inestimable book, a treasure of all the learning respecting the East and West Indies and the navigations thither...[was held] in the highest esteem for nearly a century, and was given to each ship sailing to India, as a log-book [ie., sailing manual]. Hence the many editions, which is also the cause why fine copies, especially with all the plates and maps, are so very rare. A large part of the book is occupied by translations of original Spanish and Portuguese documents on geography, ethnography, statistics, navigations, etc., and in these respects it is of the highest importance and authority. The description of America occupies...the third part"--Sabin (41374, the English 1598 edition, citing F. Muller, Catalogue of books on America, 1872), this edition 41356; Church 252; Borba de Moraes [1983], pp. 486-7; JCB 1 (II): pp. 344-45. Rare.

Provenance: Early Dutch ownership inscription on first title-page.