Regnum Congo hoc est vera descriptio regni Africani : quod tam ab incolis quam Lusitanis Congus
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Engraved title page depicting a three-headed being at top, other figures in ethnic dress, and three native figures at bottom supporting the title within its frame.
Imperfect: plates 4, 27 and 37 wanting; 2 maps (Nova tabula insularum Iavae, Sumatrae, Borneonis ... and Ailhae cidade de Goa ...) wanting. The other map and plate issued with this part, and 4 maps issued with part 3, are bound preceeding this part in the following order: [1] A cidade de Angra ... (40 x 55 cm. on sheet 41 x 57 cm, folded to 30 x 15); [2] Descriptio Hydrograhica accomodata ad Battavorum navagatione in Javam isulam Indiae Orientalis... (34 x 65 cm, on sheet 36 x 65 cm, folded to 29 x 18 cm); [3] Insula D. Helenae ... (22 x 28 cm, on sheet 30 x 31); [4] Munken so in den Orientalischen Indien ... (14 x 18 cm, on sheet 19 x 30 cm) bound with top of sheet at gutter; [5] Vera effigies et delineatio Insulae Ascenstio ... (15 x 22 cm, on sheet 19 x 30 cm) bound with top of sheet at gutter; [6] Insulae et arcis Mocambique ...(21 x 27 cm, on sheet 31 x 30 cm). Some text has been censored in black ink. No. 2 of 3 titles bound together.
Publisher:
Ex officina Wolfgangi Richteri,
Subject (Geographic):
Indonesia--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611. Navigatio in Orientem.
Iacobi Catzii I.C. Silenus Alcibiades, Sileni Alcibiadis, sive Proteos, pars secunda[-tertia], and Silenus Alcibiades
Description:
(From engraved title pages): Part 1. Sinne- en minne-beelden -- pt. 2. Sinne-beelden, eertijts minne-beelden gebruÿckt tot leere der seden -- pt. 3. Sinne-beelden, eertijts minne-beelden, nu ghetoghen tot stichtelijcke bedinckingen., Bound 3 v. in 1. Misbound: 3 leaves of prefatory matter bound in before t.p. of pt. 1. Inscribed: Ex libris [V. Parizeau?]., Each part has engraved t.p. with title in Dutch, Latin, and French., Engravings by Frans Schillemans from designs by Adrian van de Venne., Part 1 dated 1620; parts 2-3 dated 1619., and Part 1: [36], 119, [1] p.; pt. 2: 111, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates; pt. 3: 107, [5] p.
Publisher:
Ex officina typographica Guiljelmi Ianssonij,
Subject (Topic):
Emblem books, Dutch and Emblems--Early works to 1800