7 leaves of unfoliated binder's blanks inserted at both beginning and end., Armorial bookplate of Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford (1766-1827)., ff. 1-12 foliated in ink in a hand later than the manuscript, the remaining leaves with modern pencil foliation., ff. 17 apparently a contemporary insertion., and On parchment binder's blanks.
Subject (Name):
Duveen, Denis I., bookplate and North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, bookplate.
Benzoni, Girolamo, b. 1519. Historia del Mondo Nuovo. Book 3. Latin. 1596 Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598
Published / Created:
1596
Call Number:
E159 +B79 6-9
Image Count:
2
Description:
First ed. Cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 158., Novae Novi Orbis historiae, liber 3 (by G. Benzoni, tr. and annotated by Urbain Chauveton)--Brevis insvlarvm quae Canariae appellantvr ... descriptio.--De Gallorvm expeditione in Floridam ... 1565 (including the petition on behalf of the families of those massacred there by the Spanish in 1565, repeated from America. pt. 2), The t.p., with a new engr. title on a slip mounted over the original text, is repeated preceding the plates., and With this is bound the editor's [America. pts. 7-9. Latin] Francoforti, 1599-1602. Imperfect: signature G6 (2nd count) blank, wanting.
Subject (Geographic):
America--Early accounts to 1600, America--History--To 1600, Canary Islands--Description and travel--Early works to 1800, Florida--History--Huguenot colony, 1562-1565, and Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548
Collection of 73 engraved visiting cards, 55 of which have the visitor's name either printed or written in manuscript. Identified travelers include Lady Mountstuart; Phillipina Deane and her daughter Cornelia; "Il Cavelier Mann" (possibly Horace Mann); Viscountess Hampden; Mrs. Hamlyn of Wimpole Street; the contessa Piccolomini; Columba Danzetta Roncalli; and Le Comte de Collered.