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Gottfriedt, Johann Ludwig [i.e. Johann Philip Abelin]
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description
- Newe Welt und Americanische Historien. Frankfurt: heirs of Matthaeus Merian, 1655
- paper
Second edition, folio (330 x 195mm.), additional engraved allegorical title, 5 engraved plates, folding or double-page, early underlinings and marginalia, numerous engraved illustrations by of after Theodor de Bry or Matthaeus Merian, contemporary vellum, [Borba de Moraes, pp. 311-313; Alden/Landis 655/74; Palau 646; Sabin 50], 2K5 and 2Y torn extending into text, some illustrations shaved
Catalogue Note
This work is an abridgement of parts 1-12 of the German edition of de Bry's "Great voyages". Copies have a variable number of plates. Sabin calls for 4, Borba de Moraes for 5.