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 ...
Terrae Sanctae...Scondiae doctissima descriptio
Argentorati (Strasbourg) , Rihelium (Rihel). 1536
Terra Sancta: Laor mapas 866-700 A;
Scondia (Scandia, Scandinavia) : Ginsberg, 2006, map 8; Ehrensvard, 2006, pp 49-51; Burden 1996, Map 9
Small in folio (29x19 cm)
Contemporary embossed pigskin over wooden boards
Two original clasps. Raised bands,
Title in contemporary manuscript on the spine
Contemporary paper library label : Terre Sancte descriotio quam palestinam nominant auctore Jacobo Zieglero C 83
148 leaves; 14 non numbered leaves;
8 double page woodcut maps;
2 nn leaves.
Waterstain upper quarter of the book ...
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 ...