[GRYNAEUS, Simon].

Novus Orbis Regionum Ac Insularum Veterbus Incognitarum....

Item #54662

[GRYNAEUS, Simon]. Novus Orbis Regionum Ac Insularum Veterbus Incognitarum.... Basel. 1532. [48],584 [i.e., 586],[2]pp. Lacks the map. Folio. Full antique calf in period style, stamped in gilt. Slight worming to first hundred leaves, mostly affecting margins. Contemporary annotations throughout volume. A very good copy. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 532/17. SABIN 34100. HARRISSE 171. JC (3)I:104.. STREIT I:28. MEDINA (BHA) 46n. First edition of one of the most important collections of New World material issued to this date. Grynaeus is often given credit for this volume, somewhat unfairly, since the majority of the work was compiled by John Huttich. The work describes the voyages of Columbus and Vespucci, and prints various accounts of Portuguese discoveries, accounts of Marco Polo, and much of the material gathered by Peter Martyr.

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