Theodor De Bry (1527-1598) Brevis Narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provi[n]cia Gallis

Theodor De Bry (1527-1598)

Brevis Narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provi[n]cia Gallis acciderunt quae est seconda pars Americae. [and] Americae Tertia Pars. A Substantial Fragment.

Frankfurt: Theodor de Bry, 1591;1592; 1605; 1607.

Folio, two parts [II and III] followed by two additional short pieces: Exemplar Duarum Literarum, Frankfurt: Typis Matthiae Beckeri, 1605 (collation and pagination continuous) and an incomplete copy of Brevis Summa Earum Rerum quae in Tertia Americae Parte Continenetur, Oppenheim: Ex Off. Hieronymi Galleri, 1607 with separate title pages; all bound as one; lacking general title page and any other leaves before a2 along other text leaves; illustrated throughout with stunning large engravings depicting Native American peoples; text browned throughout; lacking folding map in Florida section; folding map of Brazil browned and torn with loss; folding plate XIII showing Indigenous people fishing from dugout canoes torn in half along vertical fold with loss; modesty has compelled some early reader to ink out the unmentionable parts of figures, especially in the section on Brazil; bound in full contemporary parchment over boards (spine very wormed, mostly flaked away; sewing structure intact; boards attached); ex libris Novacco Library in Venice with bookplate; sold as incomplete; 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.

Condition
Condition: II: a2-4, b6, c4, d6, )(4, )()(4, a-d4, A-G6, H2, I4, K4; III: [-]1, a1-3, b2-4, [10] unsigned preliminary leaves; A-C6, D4 (collation augmented by double-page plates not accounted for here); A-Z4, Aa-Qq4; A4, B1-2 (lacking B3 & B4), C1 (lacking C2-4), D-F4, G5.Please contact the Specialist for the auction to request a condition report.Condition reports and additional images are provided as a courtesy and should be used by you to aid in the formation of your own opinion regarding condition. All material is sold subject to Swann's standard Terms and Conditions of Sale as published in our catalogues and posted on our website, and include the following terms: (1) all property is sold "as-is"; and (2) works cannot be returned on the basis of condition.