Schmidel, Ulrich (1511-c. 1570).

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

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Description

Vera historia, admirandæ cuiusdam navigationis, quam Huldericus Schmidel... ab anno 1534 usque ad annum 1554, in Americam vel novum mundum, iuxta Brasiliam & Rio della Plata, confecit. Nuremberg: Levinus Hulsius, 1599

4to (182 x 145mm.), [2], 101, [5], 12, [2]pp., illustration: engraved vignette on title-page, engraved coat-of-arms at head of dedication, 1 folding engraved map printed on 2 sheets, 17 engraved plates, binding: eighteenth-century speckled calf gilt, small wormhole in fore-margin of first 3 leaves, a few plates very slightly trimmed at fore-edge, binding slightly rubbed

Literature

Sabin 77679; Borba de Moraes 780

Catalogue Note

first edition in latin. Schmidel, the son of a wealthy merchant, enlisted in Pedro de Mendoza's expedition to Brazil and Paraguay and kept diaries of his journeys. His German account was first published in 1567 and was then included in both de Bry's and Hulsius's collections of voyages. The present edition was translated from Hulsius's edition.