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[SOUTH AMERICA]. [SCHMIDEL, Ulrich (ca 1510-1579)]. DE BRY, Theodor. Americae Pars VII. Verissima et iucundissima descriptio praecipuarum quarundam Indiae regionum & insularum. Frankfurt: Matthias Becker, 1599.
2o (342 x 233 mm). Engraved title and 4 engraved illustrations in text (including plates I-III first included in part VIII). 20th-century calf.
FIRST EDITION IN LATIN. "This part contains an account of the voyages of Ulrich Schmidel to Brasil and Paraguay in 1535-1553. He is one of the first who wrote about that part of America. The narrative was originally written in German by Schmidel himself and published for the first time in 1597 in Part VII of the German Edition." Alden and Landis 599/21; Church 161; Sabin 8784.
[ACCARETTE, Sieur--Voyage of]. THEVENOT, Melchisidec (1620-1692). [Caption title:] Relation des voyages du Sieur...... dans la rivere de la Plate, & de la parterre au Perou, & des observations qu'il y a faites. Extract from: Relations de divers voyages. [Paris, 1672].
2o (345 x 207 mm). 24pp. Modern plum half calf.
Extracted from the second of three collected edition's of Thevenot's Relations de divers voyages, with separate pagination. Relates considerably to Buenos Aires, with pp.6-8 being a description of the city. Sabin notes of Thevenot's work: "The American interest lies chiefly in the fourth part, first published in 1672. This includes... an account of the voyage of Accarette up the La Plata." See Alden and Landis 672/222 and Sabin 95333. (2)
2o (342 x 233 mm). Engraved title and 4 engraved illustrations in text (including plates I-III first included in part VIII). 20th-century calf.
FIRST EDITION IN LATIN. "This part contains an account of the voyages of Ulrich Schmidel to Brasil and Paraguay in 1535-1553. He is one of the first who wrote about that part of America. The narrative was originally written in German by Schmidel himself and published for the first time in 1597 in Part VII of the German Edition." Alden and Landis 599/21; Church 161; Sabin 8784.
[ACCARETTE, Sieur--Voyage of]. THEVENOT, Melchisidec (1620-1692). [Caption title:] Relation des voyages du Sieur...... dans la rivere de la Plate, & de la parterre au Perou, & des observations qu'il y a faites. Extract from: Relations de divers voyages. [Paris, 1672].
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Extracted from the second of three collected edition's of Thevenot's Relations de divers voyages, with separate pagination. Relates considerably to Buenos Aires, with pp.6-8 being a description of the city. Sabin notes of Thevenot's work: "The American interest lies chiefly in the fourth part, first published in 1672. This includes... an account of the voyage of Accarette up the La Plata." See Alden and Landis 672/222 and Sabin 95333. (2)