Beschreibung:

Spain - ships] - GUEVARA, Antonio de, O.F.M. - Les epistres dorees, et discours salutaires (...) traduictes d’Espaignol en François par le Seigneur de Guterey (...). Ensemble la reuolte, que les Espaignolz firent contre leur ieune Prince, l’An M.D.XX. et l’yssue d’icelle. Auec un traicté des trauaux & priuileges des galeres. Antwerp, M. Nutius, 1591, 8vo, old gilt sheep (rubbed), gilt flat spine (head and tail def.) with red label, blue sp. edges, marbl. endpapers, 299-[1]-256-215-[1] pp. (cut short occ., 2 or 3 sl. shaving marginalia, paper age-toned, some ff. spotted). Good compl. copy.
Rare Antwerp ed. of the French trsl. by the French physician Jean de Guterry (d. 1581) of a major work of the Spanish chronicler A. de Guevara (1481-1545). Pt. 2 deals with the Revolt of the Comuneros (1520) against Charles V, pt. 3 the “Arte del marear y de los inventores de ella” (1539) about life on ships (e.g. one of the earliest accounts of seasickness). Title within border of type ornaments. Printed in 2 cols. Old bookpl. François Grognard . Ref. BT 1345. Palau 110261. Pettegree FB 24155 = NB 13973. Not in Adams.