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BRY, Johann Theodor de (1561-c.1623) and Johann Israel (d. 1611). [The Small Voyages], in Latin. Frankfurt: 1598-1601.
5 volumes in one, 2° (310 x 193mm). Each with letterpress title within engraved architectural border with allegorical figures, engravings with separate letterpress title, 10-line and smaller woodcut initials and headpieces. (First title mounted with closed tear and with fore-margin shaved and chipped, a few tears and chips, soiled, some browning, occasional scattered spotting, chips without loss of text in margins of B2 and H6, some dampstains.) 17th-century calf, panelled in blind with chain and floral tools (rebacked, extremities repaired, front joint repaired, endpapers soiled, three bookseller's descriptions tipped-in on front endpapers). Provenance: annotations in Latin by a number of early hands -- Schmidtchen (bookplate) -- William N. Senn (bookplate).
FIRST, LATIN, EDITION OF THE FIRST FIVE 'SMALL VOYAGES', comprising:
I. [Pigafetta's Congo.] Vera descriptio regni Africani. 14 engravings; lacking 3 double-page maps. Brunet I, 1355; Church 205.
II. [Linschoten's East Indies.] II Pars. Indiae Orientalis. 38 engravings; lacking 3 maps. Brunet, I 1355-6. Church 207.
III. [Linschoten's East India continued, Houtman's East Indies, and de Veer's East Indies]. Tertia pars indiae orientalis. 58 engravings, 4 maps, 2 folding views, an unnumbered plate of coins. The first issue, with the map of Nova Zembla printed on q2 verso. Brunet I, 1356; Church 209.
IV. [Linschoten and Houtman concluded, Neck and van Warwijck's East Indies]. Pars quarta indiae orientalis. 21 engravings. Brunet I, 1357; Church 211.
V. [Neck and van Warwijck's East Indies]. Quinta pars indiae orientalis. 20 engravings. The first issue, with plates VIII-XV printed rectos only. Brunet I 1357; Church 212.
5 volumes in one, 2° (310 x 193mm). Each with letterpress title within engraved architectural border with allegorical figures, engravings with separate letterpress title, 10-line and smaller woodcut initials and headpieces. (First title mounted with closed tear and with fore-margin shaved and chipped, a few tears and chips, soiled, some browning, occasional scattered spotting, chips without loss of text in margins of B2 and H6, some dampstains.) 17th-century calf, panelled in blind with chain and floral tools (rebacked, extremities repaired, front joint repaired, endpapers soiled, three bookseller's descriptions tipped-in on front endpapers). Provenance: annotations in Latin by a number of early hands -- Schmidtchen (bookplate) -- William N. Senn (bookplate).
FIRST, LATIN, EDITION OF THE FIRST FIVE 'SMALL VOYAGES', comprising:
I. [Pigafetta's Congo.] Vera descriptio regni Africani. 14 engravings; lacking 3 double-page maps. Brunet I, 1355; Church 205.
II. [Linschoten's East Indies.] II Pars. Indiae Orientalis. 38 engravings; lacking 3 maps. Brunet, I 1355-6. Church 207.
III. [Linschoten's East India continued, Houtman's East Indies, and de Veer's East Indies]. Tertia pars indiae orientalis. 58 engravings, 4 maps, 2 folding views, an unnumbered plate of coins. The first issue, with the map of Nova Zembla printed on q2 verso. Brunet I, 1356; Church 209.
IV. [Linschoten and Houtman concluded, Neck and van Warwijck's East Indies]. Pars quarta indiae orientalis. 21 engravings. Brunet I, 1357; Church 211.
V. [Neck and van Warwijck's East Indies]. Quinta pars indiae orientalis. 20 engravings. The first issue, with plates VIII-XV printed rectos only. Brunet I 1357; Church 212.
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