Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598 Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621. Admiranda narratio White, John, fl. 1585-1593
Published / Created:
1590
Call Number:
E159 +B79 1-5
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Admiranda narratio ... de commodis ... Virginiæ and America. pars 1
Description:
First ed., 1st issue -- cf. Church. Cat. of books relating to ... America, 140; with privilege printed on t.-p.; illus. nos. 3-4, 7-8, 10-12 as in 1st ed., 2d issue (Church 141)., Illus. 1-23 have title: Vivæ imagines et ritvs incolarvm eivs proviniæ in America, qvæ Virginia appelata est ... Omnia diligenter observata, et ad viuum expressa a Joanne With ... Illus. 24-28 have title: Pictorvm, Britanniae partem olim incolentivum aliqvot icones., and With this is bound the editor's [America. pts. 2-5. Latin] Francoforti, 1590-95. Imperfect: signature D6, blank, wanting.
Publisher:
Typis I. Wecheli, svmtibvs T. de Bry, venales reperivntvr in officina S. Feierabendii,
Subject (Geographic):
Roanoke Colony (N.C.), Virginia--Description and travel, and Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Virginia --Pictorial works --Early works to 1800
Regnum Congo hoc est vera descriptio regni Africani : quod tam ab incolis quam Lusitanis Congus
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Geographic):
Africa --Description and travel --Early works to 1800, Africa --Discovery and exploration --Early works to 1800, Kongo Kingdom --Description and travel --Early works to 1800, and Kongo Kingdom --Discovery and exploration --Early works to 1800
[Utopia], De optimo reip. statu, deque noua insula Vtopia, and De optimo reipublicae statu, deque nova insula Utopia
Description:
Colophon: [Printer’s mark] Basileae apvd Io. Frobenlvm mense decembri an M.D.XVIII., Each of the three parts has its own colophon, that of first part, the Utopia, being dated November, 1518. The "Epigrammata" of More and of Erasmus have also special title pages., Initials. Some title page borders and the illustrations on p. [12] and p. [25] are from designs by Ambrosius Holbein., and Irregularities in paging: 8 pages between p. 162 and p. 167 counted in numbering as 4 numbered leaves; several typographical errors.
Achondroplasia, Bones --Diseases --Early works to 1800, Medicine --Research --Great Britain, Rickets --Early works to 1800, Scurvy --Early works to 1800, and Scurvy, Infantile
Blank versos not digitized., Preface by Adrianus Damman and Abraham de Bruyn, followed by a list of plates (to plate 52 only), and preceded by three poems (two by Damman, and one by George Buchanan)., Signatures: [a]1(engraved t.-p.)*-**4., The plates are numbered as follows: 1-8 (1 dated 1575), 8A-8D, 9-10, 1-E-10F, 11-16, 16G-16K, 17-18, 18L-180, 19-22, 22P-22R, 23-27, 27S-27K, 28-29, 29Y, 30, 30Z, 31-54., and The t.-p. is followed by 9 unnumbered plates, apparently inserted, viz.: (1) Neptune and Earth, with two equine heads; (2) full-page coat of arms; (3-9) armorial shields, without arms, (5) lettered "Excudebat Abraham D. Bruyn 1578".