- 3160
Gottfried, Johann Ludwig (1584-1633).
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Newe Welt und Americanische Historien. Frankfurt: Mattheus Merian, 1631
folio (373 x 235mm.), [10], 562, [2 (blank)], 72pp., illustration: additional engraved title-page, 5 engraved maps, 3 plans and views (most double-page), numerous engraved illustrations and maps in the text, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, binding: contemporary vellum, some light browning, binding soiled
Literature
cf. Sabin 50 (1655 edition)
Catalogue Note
first edition. This work is an abridgement of parts 1-12 of the German edition of de Bry's "Great voyages", with a reissue of part 14 of that work. Sabin ascribes the work to Jean-Philppe Abelin. It was reprinted in 1655.