Isolario di Benedetto Bordone..
Isolario di Benedetto Bordone..
de tutte lIsole del mondo...
Venice, Aristotele (=Zoppino) , 1534
(Shirley 59; Ginsberg, Scandinavia, map 7; Burden, map 8: Suarez, Shedding the veil, pp 66/67; Harrisse Vetustissima no. 187
In folio, XIX quarter vellum
10 nn leaves; 74 folios
Title in engraved scrolls printed in red and black
Second edition of this important atlas, published in June 1534.The atlas includes the first edition of the oldest known report on Pizarros conquest of Peru and his victory over the Incas on March 15, 1533.
The modern ...
Achtzehenter Theil der Newen Welt...
(Herreras atlas and description of the Americas)
Franckfurt am Mayn,
Weissen, in Verleging die Hulsischen. 1623
(Church 310; JCB I 573)
Small in quarto. Remboitage in old vellum over boards
4 nn leaves, including engraved title page;
256 pages
14 (folding) maps
First and complete translation in German of Antonio de Herreras Descripcion de las Indias, 1601, the second atlas ever to be dedicated to the Americas. This essential atlas accompanied his magnificent Historia de los Hechos de los Castellanos en las Indias Occidentales, Madrid 1601-1615. The ...
Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes
Partie Historique:
Atlas, and
Atlas, deuxieme partie
Paris, Langlois, no date but 1807 and 1811
Hill 1329; Ferguson 449
In large quarto, 32x24 cm
Atlas : in contemporary quarter calf and boards, spine gilt with engraved title
40 plates (2-41) as issued; two of them folding;
20 of them in contemporary colour, one heightened in gold
Plates, separated with fine paper
Rebound in its original binding possibly for being washed. Still a small, brown spot here and there. No repairs, in deep colour and overall in fine condition.
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