Lot Essay
The set comprises:
I. [HARIOT'S VIRGINIA] Admiranda Narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, engraved title within engraved border, dedicatory arms, double-page map of Virginia, Adam and Eve plate, 27 engraved plates, 3 double-page, (including 5 of Picts), 4 plates in second issue state (general light browning, some neatly repaired clean tears)[Church 140], 1590
II. [LE MOYNE'S FLORIDA] Brevis Narritio eorum quae in Florida Americae Provicia Gallis acciderunt.. auctore Jacobo le Moyne, FIRST EDITION, engraved title within engraved border, title to plates within engraved border, dedicatory arms, folding map of Florida, 1 half-page illustration and 42 plates (plate XIX with flap at outer margin)[Church 145], 1591
III. [STADIUS'S BRAZIL] Americae tertia pars memorabile provinciae Brasiliae historiam contines.. scriptum a Ioane Stadio, second edition, first issue, engraved title within engraved border, dedicatory arms, plate of arms with virtues, folding map of South America, 45 plates in the text (section of blank margin of F<->4 torn away but neatly repaired, browned)[Church 150], 1592 [second printed title dated 1605]
IV. [BENZONI'S HISTORY OF THE NEW WORLD] Americae pars quarta.. scripta ab Hieronymo Bezono, second edition, engraved title, engraved title to plates, plate of arms with virtues, 2 half-page illustrations of Columbus and 'Americae Retectio', double-page map of the West Indies, 24 plates, with blank R6 (blank F6 lacking, title to plates cut down and laid down, (?)map supplied from another copy and neatly repaired at lower corners)[Church 155], 1594
V. [BENZONI'S HISTORY CONTINUED] Americae pars quinta.. secundae sectionis, second edition title, otherwise first edition, engraved title, engraved title to plates, half-page portrait illustration of Columbus, folding map of New Spain, 22 plates, with blanks l<->3, l<->4 and F<->4 (title supplied from another copy(?), small section of title torn with loss and neatly repaired with a number of characters supplied in manuscript, margins of title repaired)[cf.Church 156 & 157], 1595 [(?)but later]
VI. [BENZONI'S HISTORY CONCLUDED] America pars sexta, FIRST EDITION, engraved title, engraved title to plates pasted onto engraved surround, folding map of the Americas, folding view of Cusco, 28 plates (map shaved with loss to lower margin)[Church 158], 1596
VII. [SCHMIDEL'S BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY] Americae pars VII.. descriptio praecipuarum quarundam Indiae regionum & insularum, FIRST EDITION, engraved title surround, half-page illustration, 3 plates, with blank H<->4 (some minor neat repairs)[Church 161], 1599
VIII.[VOYAGES OF DRAKE, RALEIGH AND CAVENDISH] Americae pars VIII continens primo, descriptionem trium itinerum, second edition, second issue, title with engraved map as vignette, folding engraved map of Guiana, 23 plates in the text (browned, folding map shaved with loss to lower margin)[Church 167], 1625
IX. [ACOSTA'S HISTORY OF THE NEW WORLD] Americae nona & postrema pars, FIRST EDITION, engraved title border, two section-title vignettes, arms of Christian II, map of the Straits of Magellan, 39 plates, with blank 3d<->4 (browned, lacking blank Yy<->6)[Church 168], 1602
X. [VOYAGES OF VESPUCCI, HAMOR'S VIRGINIA, SMITH'S DESCRIPTION OF NEW ENGLAND] Americae pars decima, FIRST EDITION, second issue, engraved title vignette, 12 plates (some browning, lacking blank c<->4)[Church 171], 1619
XI. [SCHOUTEN'S VOYAGE OF CORNELISZ & VAN SPILBERGEN'S VOYAGE] Americae pars undecima, FIRST EDITION, engraved title vignette, section-title vignette, 4 maps, 2 folding, one double-page, 29 plates, one double-page, with blank F<->6 (some browning, map of the East Indies shaved with loss to upper margin)[Church 172], 1619
XII. [ACCOUNTS OF THE WEST INDIES, EAST INDIES, THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN AND A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF AMERICA] Novi Orbis pars duodecima, FIRST EDITION, engraved surround to additional title, 19 plates in the text (browned, maps lacking)[Church 173], 1624
AN ALMOST COMPLETE SET (lacking only the final volume, the maps in volume XII, and 3 blank leaves) of ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS OF EARLY VOYAGES. The 13th volume was published in 1634 and is often lacking.
"No man ever made up his De Bry perfect"(Henry Stevens)
I. [HARIOT'S VIRGINIA] Admiranda Narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, engraved title within engraved border, dedicatory arms, double-page map of Virginia, Adam and Eve plate, 27 engraved plates, 3 double-page, (including 5 of Picts), 4 plates in second issue state (general light browning, some neatly repaired clean tears)[Church 140], 1590
II. [LE MOYNE'S FLORIDA] Brevis Narritio eorum quae in Florida Americae Provicia Gallis acciderunt.. auctore Jacobo le Moyne, FIRST EDITION, engraved title within engraved border, title to plates within engraved border, dedicatory arms, folding map of Florida, 1 half-page illustration and 42 plates (plate XIX with flap at outer margin)[Church 145], 1591
III. [STADIUS'S BRAZIL] Americae tertia pars memorabile provinciae Brasiliae historiam contines.. scriptum a Ioane Stadio, second edition, first issue, engraved title within engraved border, dedicatory arms, plate of arms with virtues, folding map of South America, 45 plates in the text (section of blank margin of F<->4 torn away but neatly repaired, browned)[Church 150], 1592 [second printed title dated 1605]
IV. [BENZONI'S HISTORY OF THE NEW WORLD] Americae pars quarta.. scripta ab Hieronymo Bezono, second edition, engraved title, engraved title to plates, plate of arms with virtues, 2 half-page illustrations of Columbus and 'Americae Retectio', double-page map of the West Indies, 24 plates, with blank R6 (blank F6 lacking, title to plates cut down and laid down, (?)map supplied from another copy and neatly repaired at lower corners)[Church 155], 1594
V. [BENZONI'S HISTORY CONTINUED] Americae pars quinta.. secundae sectionis, second edition title, otherwise first edition, engraved title, engraved title to plates, half-page portrait illustration of Columbus, folding map of New Spain, 22 plates, with blanks l<->3, l<->4 and F<->4 (title supplied from another copy(?), small section of title torn with loss and neatly repaired with a number of characters supplied in manuscript, margins of title repaired)[cf.Church 156 & 157], 1595 [(?)but later]
VI. [BENZONI'S HISTORY CONCLUDED] America pars sexta, FIRST EDITION, engraved title, engraved title to plates pasted onto engraved surround, folding map of the Americas, folding view of Cusco, 28 plates (map shaved with loss to lower margin)[Church 158], 1596
VII. [SCHMIDEL'S BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY] Americae pars VII.. descriptio praecipuarum quarundam Indiae regionum & insularum, FIRST EDITION, engraved title surround, half-page illustration, 3 plates, with blank H<->4 (some minor neat repairs)[Church 161], 1599
VIII.[VOYAGES OF DRAKE, RALEIGH AND CAVENDISH] Americae pars VIII continens primo, descriptionem trium itinerum, second edition, second issue, title with engraved map as vignette, folding engraved map of Guiana, 23 plates in the text (browned, folding map shaved with loss to lower margin)[Church 167], 1625
IX. [ACOSTA'S HISTORY OF THE NEW WORLD] Americae nona & postrema pars, FIRST EDITION, engraved title border, two section-title vignettes, arms of Christian II, map of the Straits of Magellan, 39 plates, with blank 3d<->4 (browned, lacking blank Yy<->6)[Church 168], 1602
X. [VOYAGES OF VESPUCCI, HAMOR'S VIRGINIA, SMITH'S DESCRIPTION OF NEW ENGLAND] Americae pars decima, FIRST EDITION, second issue, engraved title vignette, 12 plates (some browning, lacking blank c<->4)[Church 171], 1619
XI. [SCHOUTEN'S VOYAGE OF CORNELISZ & VAN SPILBERGEN'S VOYAGE] Americae pars undecima, FIRST EDITION, engraved title vignette, section-title vignette, 4 maps, 2 folding, one double-page, 29 plates, one double-page, with blank F<->6 (some browning, map of the East Indies shaved with loss to upper margin)[Church 172], 1619
XII. [ACCOUNTS OF THE WEST INDIES, EAST INDIES, THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN AND A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF AMERICA] Novi Orbis pars duodecima, FIRST EDITION, engraved surround to additional title, 19 plates in the text (browned, maps lacking)[Church 173], 1624
AN ALMOST COMPLETE SET (lacking only the final volume, the maps in volume XII, and 3 blank leaves) of ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS OF EARLY VOYAGES. The 13th volume was published in 1634 and is often lacking.
"No man ever made up his De Bry perfect"(Henry Stevens)