LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Histoire de la navigation. Amsterdam: Evert Cloppenburgh, 1638.

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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Histoire de la navigation. Amsterdam: Evert Cloppenburgh, 1638.

3 parts in one volume, 2° (301 x 198mm). Three letterpress titles, two within elaborate surrounds, the third with engraved vignette, portrait of Linschoten on verso of index leaf, 6 FOLDING ENGRAVED MAPS, 32 double-page or folding engraved plates and views only (of 36). (Small tears to 5 maps, occasional light browning.) Old calf (rebacked and cornered).

Third edition in French with commentaries by B.Paludanus. The maps include van Langren's maps of the East Indies and South America, and the double-hemispherical World map of Plancius dated 1594 (Shirley 187). According to the index leaf the missing plates are numbers 8, 33, 34 and 36. Sabin 41373; Palau 138584.