Libro primo della historia de l'Indie OccidentaliAnghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-15261534]itaBEIN Z6 4e: Imperfect: leaf 71 mutilated and repaired, with some loss of text. No. 1 of 3 works bound together with binder's title: Historia del Indie Occident. Binder's stamp: Hardy-Mennil. Map "Isola Spagnuola" (21 x 28 cm., on sheet 22 x 29 cm., folded to 22 x 15 cm.) following leaf 79.Half title.Imprint statement from Alden." ... cauato da libri scrtti dal signor Don Pietro Martyre ... et da molte altre particulari relationi"--Leaf [1] verso.Translated extract from the Latin and based on the first three decades of the author's De orbe nouo, originally published Alcalá de Henares, 1516, according to Winsor and Arents. On the other hand, Moraes holds that the present work is an extract from Anghiera's fourth decade, originally published under title: De nuper sub D. Carolo repertis insulis, simulque incolarum moribus. Basel, 1521.Very likely compiled and edited by Giovanni Battista Ramusio, according to Arents and Streeter coll. auction cat.; cf. also discussion in Winsor.Issued as part 1 of: Summario de la generale historia de l'Indie Occidentali. Venice, 1534.Leaves 65, 67, and 68 numbered respectively 59, 60, and 98.Signatures: A-T⁴ V⁴(-V4).Map in volume: Isola Spagnuola. [1534].