Lot 3130: DE BRY, THEODOR.

GREAT VOYAGES. [FRANKFURT, 1594-C.1617]

GREAT VOYAGES. [FRANKFURT, 1594-C.1617]

4 parts (only) in one volume, folio (338 x 229mm.), illustration: engraved and printed titles, maps, plates and illustrations (see below), binding: contemporary mottled calf, spine in seven compartments with raised bands gilt, head of spine slightly chipped, for internal condition see below

NOTE

Part 3. Americae tertia pars: Memorabile Provinciae Brasiliae historiam continens. Frankfurt: Theodor de Bry, 1592 [but c.1597], first edition, second issue, part 1 only, [16], 134pp., illustration: engraved title, double-page folding map of Latin America, 2 coats of arms (one full-page), 35 half-page engraved illustrations in text, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, [Church I, 149; Sabin 8784], lacking final blank, head of F4 with repaired corner affecting pagination
Part 4. Americae pars quarta. Frankfurt, 1594, second edition, ff. [1], 24, illustration: engraved title to plates and 24 half-page illustrations in text only (ff.1-24, numbered I-XXIIII), double-page map of the West Indies and adjacent coasts (bound at end of volume; including Florida and part of Latin America), [Church I, 155; Sabin 8784], lacking first title, text and integral blank (F6), fol.22 creased (not affecting engraved area), a little light spotting or browning, map trimmed to plate mark and with one crease
Part 5. Americae pars quinta. Frankfurt: Theodor de Bry, 1595 [c.1617], second edition, ff. [1], 22, illustration: engraved title to plates and 22 half-page illustrations only (ff. 1-22, numbered I-XXII), [Church I, 157; Sabin 8784], lacking first title, text and map, fol. 8 with repaired tear in text, a little light spotting or browning
Part 6. Americae pars sexta. Frankfurt: Theodor de Bry,1596, first edition, ff. [2], 28pp. only, illustration: engraved title, double-page map of the Western Hemisphere, double-page view of Cusco, engraved title ("Sequuntur icones"), with printed overslip to title, 28 half-page engravings (ff. 1-28, numbered 1-28), [Church I, 158; Sabin 8784], second title laid down, lacking blank (G6) and all other text, many leaves with manuscript pencil and/or ink pagination in top corner, a little light spotting or browning