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De Bry, Theodor, Johann Theodor, and Johann Israel [GREAT, OR AMERICAN, VOYAGES]. FRANKFURT OR OPPENHEIM, 1595-1602 11 volumes in 3, Latin text, folio (345 x 230mm.), numerous engraved titles, maps, plates and illustrations, contemporary calf gilt with arms of Glascock of Dyves Hall and Chiche, Essex, slight soiling, a few maps shaved, some browning of text (more so in volume 3), binding somewhat worn; due to the complexities of collation and the made-up nature of this (and many other) copies, the lot is sold not subject to return The set comprises: Part I. [Hariot's Virginia]. Admiranda Narratio fida tamen, de commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae. [Frankfurt: Johannes Wecheli, 1590 (but 1608)], engraved title with blank imprint, engraved arms on dedication, folding engraved map of Virginia (State 5), 26 (of 27) plates and illustrations in text, plate XVII blank but text present, second edition first issue, Church 142 Part II. [Le Moyne's Florida]. Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae Provincia Gallis acciderunt. Auctore Jacobo le Moyne. Frankfurt, 1591 (but 1609), 2 parts, engraved titles, engraved arms on dedication, folding engraved map of Florida, 43 plates and illustrations in text, second edition, Church 146 Part III. [Stadius's Brazil]. Americae tertia pars Memorabilem provinciae Brasiliae Historiam continens, germanico primum sermone scriptam a Ioanne Stadio. Frankfurt, 1592 [sectional titles and colophon: 1605], 2 parts, engraved title to part 1, printed title to part 2, engraved arms on dedication, engraved armorial plate at a2r, folding engraved map of South America, 45 engraved illustrations in the text, 30 engraved plates repeated to 45 impressions, first edition, second issue, Church 149 Part IV. [Benzoni's History of the New World]. Americae pars quarta, sive, Insignis & Admiranda Historia de reperta primum Occidentali India à Christophoro Columbo Anno M.CCCCXCII scripta ab Hieronymo Bezono Mediolanense. Frankfurt, 1594, 2 parts, engraved titles to both parts, engraved armorial plate, double-page engraved map of the Caribbean, 26 engraved illustrations in the text, first edition, second issue, Church 154 Part V. [Benzoni's History, continued]. Americae pars quinta. secundae sectionis Hia [Historiae] Hispanorum. Frankfurt: Theodore de Bry, 1596 [but 1617], 2 parts, engraved titles in both parts, engraved portrait of Colombus at part ii a2r, folding engraved map of New Spain (shaved), 22 engraved illustrations in text, second edition, Church 157 Part VI. [Benzoni's History, concluded]. Americae pars sexta, sive historiae ab Hieronymo Benzono Mediolanese scriptae, sectio tertia. Frankfurt: Theodore de Bry, 1596 [but 1617], 2 parts, engraved title to part 1, letterpress title to part 2 dated 1617, double-page engraved plan of Cuzco and map of the Americas, 28 engraved illustrations in the text, second edition, first issue, Church 159 Part VII. [Schmidel's Brazil and Paraguay]. Americae Pars VII. Verissima et Iucundissima description praecipuarum quarundam Indiae regionum & insularum. Frankfurt: Theodore de Bry, 1599, engraved title, 1 engraved illustration in text, first edition, Church 161 Part VIII. [Voyages of Drake, Cavendish and Raleigh]. Americae pars VIII… Frankfurt: Mathew Beck, 1625, engraved map on title, 18 engraved illustrations in text and folding map of northern South America, first edition, first issue, Church 163 Part IX. [Acosta's History of the New World. Voyages of Seebald de Weert and van Noort’s Voyage through the straits of Magellan to the Moluccas]. Americae nona & postrema pars… Frankfurt: Mattheus Becker, 1602, 5 parts in one volume, part I engraved title and coat of arms; part II (‘Relatio historica’) engraved vignette on title, map of the Magellan Straits; part III (‘Idaea vera’) 25 engraved illustrations; part IV (‘Additamentum’) engraved vignette on title; part V (‘Vera et genvina’) 14 engraved illustrations, first edition, Church 168 Part X. [The Voyages of Vespucci, Harrio