ADMIRANDA NARRATIO FIDA TAMEN, DE COMMODIS ET INCOLARUM RITIBUS VIRGINIÆ
by De Bry, Theodor; Hariot, Thomas; White, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good plus.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Copies of De Bry's voyages are known for causing "the greatest confusion of bibliographers" and "the despair of collectors" (Church, vol 1, 317) owing to their typically mixed and/or incomplete states. The first and second issues of part one of the voyages were issued in the same year and are largely uniform with only minor differences in the position of the text. As with the vast majority of known copies, the present copy contains plates from both issues, with six plates from the first issue and six from the second (where there are issue points to distinguish them; the remaining 19 plates are identical between issues), as well as a mix of the first two text issues and the map in its second state (as usual) as identified by Burden. Though lacking some leaves, this copy retains its complete set of the Native American plates, arguably the most important and informative part of the entire De Bry series, and the stellar map of Virginia. A foundational book for collectors of Americana. 14'' x 9.5''. Modern polished brown goat boards tooled in blind and gilt, light brown goatskin spine label. Red-stained edges. Endpapers renewed. Illustrated with engraved title page and 25 (of 28) engraved plates (two folding), and double-page map. 34, [64], [22] pages, most printed one side only; lacking leaves d6 (Adam & Eve plate), D6 (blank), E2 (Picts plate I), E6 (Picts plate III), and F6 (colophon). Leaves variously expertly repaired to margins, with occasional faint soil or dampstaining. Binding only a bit of faint scuffing, else solid and clean.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47703
- Title
- ADMIRANDA NARRATIO FIDA TAMEN, DE COMMODIS ET INCOLARUM RITIBUS VIRGINIÆ
- Author
- De Bry, Theodor; Hariot, Thomas; White, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Mixed first and second issue
- Publisher
- Theodori De Bry [Theodor De Bry]
- Place of Publication
- Francoforti [Frankfurt]
- Date Published
- 1590
- Keywords
- 16th century,US History,Native American,English & British,European,Travel,Exploration,Indigenous,Gift Idea
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