The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustAntonio de Herrera y Tordesillas des Indes Occidentales qu'on appelle aujourdhuy le nouveau monde... avec la navigation du vaillant Capitaine de Mer Jaques le Maire & de plusieurs autres. Amsterdam: Michiel Colijn, 1622 folio (282 x 182mm.), additional engraved title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, engraved portrait of Jacob le Maire (portrait and preface bound at front instead of at p. 107), 17 folding engraved maps, engraved illustrations, speckled calf, maps slightly browned, a few small scrapes to binding Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (1549-1625) was appointed official historiographer of the New World in 1596, replacing Juan Lopez de Velasco. His previous histories had defended Philip II and the Catholic view of contemporary politics, and his of the Spanish New World was no different. The text was first published in 1601 and this French version printed in Amsterdam includes other similar narratives, including a of Jacob le Maire's and Magellan's voyages. This compilation was also issued in Dutch and Latin simultaneously. LITERATURE: European Americana 622/67; STCN 081998856; USTC 1012891 PROVENANCE: Simon Fraser, signature at head of title-pageCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
The Property of the Downside Abbey General TrustAntonio de Herrera y Tordesillas des Indes Occidentales qu'on appelle aujourdhuy le nouveau monde... avec la navigation du vaillant Capitaine de Mer Jaques le Maire & de plusieurs autres. Amsterdam: Michiel Colijn, 1622 folio (282 x 182mm.), additional engraved title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, engraved portrait of Jacob le Maire (portrait and preface bound at front instead of at p. 107), 17 folding engraved maps, engraved illustrations, speckled calf, maps slightly browned, a few small scrapes to binding Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (1549-1625) was appointed official historiographer of the New World in 1596, replacing Juan Lopez de Velasco. His previous histories had defended Philip II and the Catholic view of contemporary politics, and his of the Spanish New World was no different. The text was first published in 1601 and this French version printed in Amsterdam includes other similar narratives, including a of Jacob le Maire's and Magellan's voyages. This compilation was also issued in Dutch and Latin simultaneously. LITERATURE: European Americana 622/67; STCN 081998856; USTC 1012891 PROVENANCE: Simon Fraser, signature at head of title-pageCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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