Americas.- Herrera y Tordesillas (Antonio ) Novus orbis, sive descriptio Indiae occidentalis, 4 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional title, 17 folding engraved maps, 5 engraved illustrations, lacking final blank f., light browning, occasional light dampstaining to lower margin, letterpress title slightly soiled and with small chips to corners, 19th century morocco-backed boards, extremities rubbed, [Sabin 31540], folio, Amsterdam, Colijn, 1622. ⁂ The first complete account of the Le Maire-Schouten expedition around the world, the first to successfully round Cape Horn, and the first edition in Latin, expanding significantly the Madrid edition of 1601. The engraved map on the title is the first depicting California as an island. Provenance: Henry N. Stephens (inscription on endpaper dated 21 August 1884, recording the price £1.10); A.H. Bright (armorial bookplate).
Americas.- Herrera y Tordesillas (Antonio ) Novus orbis, sive descriptio Indiae occidentalis, 4 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional title, 17 folding engraved maps, 5 engraved illustrations, lacking final blank f., light browning, occasional light dampstaining to lower margin, letterpress title slightly soiled and with small chips to corners, 19th century morocco-backed boards, extremities rubbed, [Sabin 31540], folio, Amsterdam, Colijn, 1622. ⁂ The first complete account of the Le Maire-Schouten expedition around the world, the first to successfully round Cape Horn, and the first edition in Latin, expanding significantly the Madrid edition of 1601. The engraved map on the title is the first depicting California as an island. Provenance: Henry N. Stephens (inscription on endpaper dated 21 August 1884, recording the price £1.10); A.H. Bright (armorial bookplate).
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