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Signatures: a-b⁴ (a² signed a), A-Z⁴, Aa-Qq⁴ (Ll² signed L², Qq⁴ blank)
Engraved t.-p., head and tail-pieces; initials.
First edition, second issue, having the seven scutchions and seven virtues on recto of sig. A3, and the engraving of Adam and Eve on p. [144]--Church 149. This copy contains head piece of winged angel instead of chorum on verso of sig. A3.
Coat of arms of "Domini Gvillelmo, comiti palatino ad Rhevm: sig. a 1.
Map precedes text and has title: Americae pars magiscognit. Chorographia nobilis & opulentae Peruanae Provinciae, atque Brasiliae, ... [4 lines] ... ex aucto-rum, qui eas provincias per-lustratunt, scriptis recens à Theodoro de Bry conci[n]nata. Caesareae Matis privilegio ad quadriennium. M.D.XCII.
[Pt.2] The "Narratio prefectionis Ioannis Lerij" (p. [135]-284) has special engr. t.-p.: Navigatio in Brasiliam Americae ... A Ioanne Lerjo Bvrgvndo gallicè primùm scripta, deinde latinitate donata varijs autem figuris illustrara per Theodorum de Brÿ Leo: venales reperiu[n]tur in officina Theodori de Bry.
[Pt.1] An account of two voyages made to Brazil in 1546-1548 and 1549-1555 by Johann von Staden, published in Marburg in 1557 under title: Warhaftige historia vnd beschreibung eyner landtschafft der wilden ... leuthen in der newenwelt America gelegen ... Translated into Latin by Adam Loncier.
[pt.2] An account of a voyage to Brazil in 1556-1558, by Jean de Léry, in 1578 published under title: Histoire d'vn voyage fait en la terre dv Bresil. Translated into latin by the author.
The two letters of Nicolas Barre, dated 1st of February and 25th of May, 1552 p. (285-295) relate to Brasil and have special t.-p.: Exemplar dvarvm litterarvm, qvibvs breviter explicantvr, et navigatio Nicolai Villagagnonis equitis melitensis, in illam Americae prouinciam ... Scriptae quidem illae ad flumen Ganabara (Lusitanis Rio de Genero dictum) & in Galliam missae a quodam e Villagagnonis domesticis: nunc vero recèns latio donatae a C.C.A. [Ornament] Francofvrti typis Ioannis Wecheli, M.D.XCII.
Colophon: Impressvm Francofvrti ad Moenvm, apvd Ioannem Wechelvm, impensis Theodori de Bry. [Ornament] M.D.XCII.
Modern binding signed by Sangorski & Suteliffe, London, England, for Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles, London.
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