De Bry Rare Books
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16 Later Manuscript Oterschaden Globe gores – “Terra nondum plene cognita inuenta A 1499”
16 Later Manuscript Oterschaden Globe gores (of 24) -Original gores produced c1603, but these are a later manuscript productions of uncertain date -Each gore on a single sheet c29x21 cm -Includes engraved horizon rings -Text label “Terra nondum plene cognita inuenta A 1499” -On old paper with some mild toning and scattered marks Theses gores are…
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L’isole piu famose del mondo
PORCACCHI, TOMMASO “L’isole più famose del mondo” -Venice: Giorgio Angelieri for heirs of Simone Galignani de Karera -1590 -3 parts in one volume, small folio (285 x 190mm.) -Printed on thick paper -47 maps and plans in the text engraved by Girolamo Porro -woodcut printer’s device at end with the initials H.S.G.K -Bound in Fine…
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The First recorded suggestion of Continental Drift – Thesaurus Geographicus – 1596 – Ortelius – Plantin
“Thesaurus Geographicus” -Abraham Ortelius -Published in 1596 by Christopher Plantin -Complete -Early 18th Century binding – Rebacked to style This book is the first recorded suggestion of continental drift. Ortelius first postulates that the coasts of Africa and the Americas had once existed side by side. In his description of Gadricus, Plato’s name for Atlantis,…
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First French – English Dictionary in Original Binding – 1611 – Cotgrave’s “A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues”
A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues. Compiled by Randle Cotgrave -Rare 1st Edition from 1611 -Published by Adam Islip -Complete -Collation: TP, Dedication to Lord Cecil, To the reader, Complete A-Z, “Briefe Directions for such as desire to learne the French Tongue” (10 pages), 4 pages of The French Grammar (Incomplete section but…
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Ramusio – Delle Navigationi et Viaggi – Complete three volumes with 10 double page maps 1563, 1574, 1556. Rare FIRST EDITION of the Third Volume on the Americas
“Delle Navigationi et Viaggi” -Giovanni Battista RAMUSIO -Published in Venice by Stamperia de Giunti -3 volumes. Mixed edition set as usual. Text in Italian. -Volume 1: 1563 (3rd) ; Volume 2: 1574 (2nd) ; Volume 3: 1556 (1st) Volume I. [4], 394 leaves (Complete). 30×20 cm (12×8″) approx, Modern full vellum to style. 3 Double…
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Rare with Map of Eldorado and South America – Walter Raleigh – Hulsius – 1599 – Brevis & admiranda descriptio regni Guianae, auri abundantissimi, in America
Brevis & admiranda descriptio regni Guianae, auri abundantissimi, in America, seu novo orbe, sublinea aequinoctilia siti: Quod nuper admodum, annis nimirum 1564 [i.e. 1594]. 1595 & 1596. “A Brief and Admirable Description of the Kingdom of Guiana, most Abundant in Gold, in America, or in the New World, Situated under the Line of the Equator:…
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“Cosmographia” Peter Apian (Apianus) & Gemma Frisius – World Map and 4 Volvelles – 1584
“Cosmographia, sive Descriptio universi Orbis. Petri Apiani & Gemmae Frisius, Mathematicorum insignium, iam demum integritati suze restituta…” -Peter Bennewitz “APIANUS” (1495-1552) (Peter Apian) -1584 edition printed by tIoannis Withagij in Antwerp -Complete – Collation: [16], 72, ’82-478′ (i.e.73-469), [2], [1 (blank)], -4to with ?slightly later 17th Century vellum binding with mathematical annotations on the cover. Older…
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Five Hokusai Manga 1st edition Volumes: 1, 4 ,12, 13 & 14 – Eirakuya Tôshirô – 1814-78
“The Origins of Manga – Five volumes of Hokusai’s Seminal Manga series – With Elephants and Rokurokubi” -Five Hokusai Manga Volumes: 1,4,12,13 & 14 -Published in Nagoya by Eirakuya Tôshirô from -1814-1878 -Complete volumes 22,7 x 15,7 cm Manga is a hugely popular form of Japanese art and culture today with a myriad of books…
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Early 16th Century Manuscript Antiphonal on Vellum for the Mass of the Dead (Missa Pro Defunctis) / Requiem early 16th Century
Early 16th Century Manuscript Antiphonal for the Mass of the Dead (Missa Pro Defunctis) on Vellum 48 leaves – 20 x 14cm approx in later c1800 binding Handwritten on vellum with red and blue lettering and decorative Lombard initials to some sections. Music on 4 lines with Gregorian chant notation and 6 staves per page.…
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Incunable – 1499 Book of Hours – Hore beate Marie ad usum Cabilonensem – Thielman Kerver
Incunable – 1499 – Complete Book-of-Hours for the use of Chalon-sur-Saône by Thielman Kerver “Hore beate Marie ad usum Cabilonensem” -Printed in Paris at the Sign of the Unicorn by Thielman Kerver for Hugues Pageot of Dijon on 7th October 1499 -Almanac for 1497-1520 -124 pages (of 124 – Complete): a-p8 q4 – printed on paper. -18th Century…